The following is one of the opening sections of The People's Primer, a project being put together by the Concerned Citizens Coalition, The Movement to Restore Sanity, and the Save America Movement. The goal is to create a document or series of documents, including The People's Primer, The People's Platform, and a Dictionary of Politically Polarizing Conversation Stoppers, as well as a website that attempts to bring people together, left right and center, around our common values, re-framing the conversation with a tone of reason, respect, and responsibility to create constructive dialogue aimed at enacting positive change in our society, and encourage people to take action to make this change a reality.
More on the project and how you can get involved (and please get involved, we need all the help we can get) here.
Below the break: Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Thoreau and Frank Lee Speaking give a brief explanation on the nature and role of government.