Why does it seem that the public has no confidence or respect for our government? Why is BO ridiculed so relentlessly? Why is a Senator chased out of a restaurant in his home state? Where has the civility gone?
"(The people's) confidence in and obedience to a government, will commonly be proportioned to the goodness or badness of its administration." (The Federalist Papers; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; Bantam Dell, 2003; p 156) Alexander knew what it took for a government to be respected and for civility to rule in the country. It took good administration of the government.
When BO and his minions complain about the civility in this country, Alexander Hamilton would have them look at themselves. The tone of the country is set by the leaders, elected and appointed. Does the public seem to lack civility? Is it because the administration of our government, the actual work being done in WDC lacks civility or as some want to call it, common sense? Lack of civility by leaders leads to lack of civility by the public.
The founding fathers were very wise. Let us not think them unsophisticated. Let us not think them old-fashioned, unscientific. Times have not changed. Oh granted, we have technology and medical science and other scientific achievements they may not have had. Yet they were just as intelligent as people today, and sometimes even more intelligent and at least civil. Now we have leaders who tell bold faced lies and don't care. Why would we think the public would be any more civil than that?
Don't complain about the civility, the morality, the industriousness of the public today unless you are willing to look at yourself.
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