In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “The care of human life and their happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.” The purpose of the government is to maintain basic security and public order. It provides a system in which that protects the people from threats, both within and out. However, that does not mean that the actions of the government are always justifiable. It is appropriate for the people to go against the under certain circumstances with a good political and moral reason. The reasons for this is that the government can become corrupted, can pass unjust laws, and ignores people’s rights.
Firstly, the government can become or is corrupted. Political corruption is a common occurrence in the world, not only affecting the government but also the nation and its people. For example, the decline and eventual fall of Rome. Rome withstood its enemies for thousands of years, but finally collapsed 476 AD after decades of corruption that …show more content…
The government is there for a reason: protection, management, structure, etc. Without the government, a nation cannot be run properly without an authoritative figure. This is, in fact, true. The problem with this claim is that the people always has the choice to. In “Civil Disobedience (from Part I),” Henry Thoreau states, ‘...not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.” A government is and always will be a necessity to a nation, but that does not mean that people should simply follow along. What is necessary is a good government and not just a government in general, who will not care for their nation. When a government is unjust, people should refuse to follow the law and distance themselves from the government in