“If liberty and equality, as thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”—Aristotle

These words, spoken more than 2,000 years ago, are still true today. Our forefathers, fleeing from the constraints of European governments, fought fiercely for what role government would play in this new nation. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” How fortunate ...