IMPORTANCE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT

    In the story "Gulliver's Travels," by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver was a giant compared to the people of Lilliput who were about 6 inches tall, but millions of tiny threads made it impossible for Gulliver to move. Excessive legislation and excessive taxation tyrannise in the same way, which is one reason that limited constitutional government is essential and big government is dangerous. History provides numerous examples which demonstrate that respecting local self-government increases the importance of the individual and keeps a union secure while denying local self-government necessitates the sacrifice of liberties to secure the union and guard against insurrections from within and attacks from without. (e.g., the Roman Empire)

1984 by George Orwell Book Movie on BBC TV from 1956, Peter Cushing Glenn Beck