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| Ezra Taft Benson |
This means, then, that
the proper function of government is limited only to those spheres of activity
within which the individual citizen has the right to act. By deriving its just
powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense
against bodily harm, theft and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power
to redistribute the wealth or force reluctant citizens to perform acts of
charity against their will. Government is created by man. No man possesses such
power to delegate. The creature cannot exceed the creator.
In general terms,
therefore, the proper role of government includes such defensive activities, as
maintaining national military and local police forces for protection against
loss of life, loss of property, and loss of liberty at the hands of either
foreign despots or domestic criminals.
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