The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true.
They are the worst conceivable,
they are no keepers at all;
they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.
John Adams
A minimalist approach to essential, transparent, accountable, flat, adaptable, responsive, solution-based government, rooted in virtuous individual autonomy, traditional values and free markets, with a bias towards reduction of government functionality, cost and scope