The government has no propositions to make, but orders to give.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Governments exist to enforce rules rather than negotiate propositions.
- In plain terms
- The government gives orders not suggestions.
- What can you take from it?
- Government operates through authority.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you view government authority?
- When does order become overreach?
Another view
Governments also make propositions in democracies.
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