She is right in the fact that in order for our system to work it requires a level of what is called “public virtue”. Wikipedia calls it “civic virtue”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_virtue
You have to have what you say as safeguards, but without public or civic virtue the system fails.
Absolutely wrong. What you read is produced by the government class, aka parasites.
Please go back and read the writings of our Founders. What they wanted most was a very weak Federal government. They knew that less government is more Liberty, more government is less Liberty
It is truly that simple. Our Founders knew that the most vile, the most theiving, the most sadistic and controlling among us would be attracted to government. Our Founders had no illusion about the type of people that want to "serve."
ALL our problems will remain as long as the Federal government is maintained at it's monstrous size. No amount of "ethic rules" and regulations will change anything. The government parasite class must be have their pretend jobs terminated so they can for once in their life do real work.
Yes, we need both—government as limited and constrained as possible, and a free and responsible people honorable enough not to exploit what government we have.