"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." -Alexander Hamilton Government exists for the sole purpose of creating a social system of which people are to be held accountable to. Over the many years of human history, different forms of government have been created, …showed first 75 words of 1191 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1191 total…related back to the present day. However, not all works have significance on the modern era. Where Machiavelli and Jefferson agree that a government should be placed above the governed for them to follow, Lao Tzu believes that a government should give its power to the general public; because the differences between Lao Tzu and the other two the former holds weight in today's society while the latter cannot be achieved in the "real world".