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- A political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers.
- A limited government is a government that cannot interfere with personal liberties and individual rights
- The U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights, were designed to limit government's role to what America's founding fathers saw as government's most valuable functions: To preserve individual liberty and protect private property.
- Limited government levies enough taxes to provide for national defense and police protection and stays out of people's problems
- An example of this would be the First Amendment, prohibiting the government to restrict our freedom of speech
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- The opposite of a limited government is an interventionist government.
- Limited Government is related with Federalism and Popular Sovereignty
Real Life Examples...
- US Constitution Bill Of Rights - Delineation of what Government can and can't do.
- In Western Civilization, the Magna Carta and the United States Constitution are examples of the limited government idea.