John Kerry: Nations Prosper When People Trust Their Government

[mystery-ak]

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John Kerry: Nations Prosper When People Trust Their Government
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 08:56 AM

By: Melanie Batley

Countries are far more likely to advance economically and socially when citizens have faith in their governments and are able to rely on them for justice and equal treatment under the law, said Secretary of State John Kerry.

In a speech Tuesday at the 45th Annual Washington Conference of the Council of the Americas, Kerry talked about America's work with countries in Central and South America to help strengthen their systems of human rights and the rule of law.

"At the U.N. Human Rights Council last fall, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay joined the United States in sponsoring a resolution in support of LGBT rights. Our landmark Open Government Partnership, which the United States launched with Brazil five years ago, is now chaired by Mexico," Kerry said.

He added that over the past three years, the United States has worked with partners, including Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, and Jamaica, to help strengthen the independent bodies of the Inter-American Human Rights System.

"Why does this matter? Well, it matters because countries are far more likely to advance economically and socially when citizens have faith in their governments and are able to rely on them for justice and equal treatment under the law," he said.

"It matters because young people who have opportunities at home will stay and contribute to their societies instead of leaving in search of better luck elsewhere. It matters because freedom of thought and expression are the keys to innovation, which is how whole new industries begin.

"It matters because, in that most curious of ways, people who are given the liberty to be different are also the ones most likely to unite and band together in the face of shared threats."

In the United States, trust in government has hit a new low. A recent survey from the Pew Research Center showed that just "23 percent [of Americans] trust the federal government to do the right thing 'at least most of the time,' " The Washington Post reported.

[DCPatriot]

...and when governments 'trust' their people. 

[flowers]

 :nometalk:

[andy58-in-nh]

John Kerry is prima facia evidence as to why people should reflexively distrust their government, as reflected by the character and quality of its leaders.
 
He is an incompetent fool who has spent his entire adult life in government, nonetheless having grown immensely wealthy through the machinations of political power and also, by his serial heiress-chasing.
 
Kerry has become the virtual poster child for snobbish, plutocratic liberals who peer down their haughty noses at plain, conservative religious folk and loudly pledge their fealty to the poor and downtrodden; scheming all the time to line their coffers with public funds while exempting themselves from the tax and regulatory burdens they impose on all others.

[flowers]

John Kerry is prima facia evidence as to why people should reflexively distrust their government, as reflected by the character and quality of its leaders.
 
He is an incompetent fool who has spent his entire adult life in government, nontheless having grown immensely wealthy through the machinations of political power and also, by his serial heiress-chasing.
 
Kerry has become the virtual poster child for snobbish, plutocratic liberals who peer down their haughty noses at plain, conservative religious folk and loudly pledge their fealty to the poor and downtrodden; scheming all the time to line their coffers with public funds while exempting themselves from the tax and regulatory burdens they impose on all others.

[musiclady]

John Kerry is prima facia evidence as to why people should reflexively distrust their government, as reflected by the character and quality of its leaders.
 
He is an incompetent fool who has spent his entire adult life in government, nonetheless having grown immensely wealthy through the machinations of political power and also, by his serial heiress-chasing.
 
Kerry has become the virtual poster child for snobbish, plutocratic liberals who peer down their haughty noses at plain, conservative religious folk and loudly pledge their fealty to the poor and downtrodden; scheming all the time to line their coffers with public funds while exempting themselves from the tax and regulatory burdens they impose on all others.

Bravo!

[Luis Gonzalez]

John Kerry is prima facia evidence as to why people should reflexively distrust their government, as reflected by the character and quality of its leaders.
 
He is an incompetent fool who has spent his entire adult life in government, nonetheless having grown immensely wealthy through the machinations of political power and also, by his serial heiress-chasing.
 
Kerry has become the virtual poster child for snobbish, plutocratic liberals who peer down their haughty noses at plain, conservative religious folk and loudly pledge their fealty to the poor and downtrodden; scheming all the time to line their coffers with public funds while exempting themselves from the tax and regulatory burdens they impose on all others.

Well said.

[rangerrebew]

The people of Germany trusted Hitler.  Is that what he is talking about?

[DCPatriot]

The people of Germany trusted Hitler.  Is that what he is talking about?

Excellent point, ranger!

[Dexter]

Let us know when the government starts being trustworthy.

[truth_seeker]

Hitler was not the first or the last leader to commit his nation to war, on it's neighbors.

It was the degree which set it apart. And it was insane, looking back. To think he could handle the USSR, The British Empire, and the United States all at once was insane.

I cannot hold the common citizens accountable for every depraved act of the leaders. The wars through the ages did not consist of one morally justified side, and the other not morally justified.

Nor were the means of said wars subject to black-white moral tests.

There are some definitive writings and guidelines on rules for warfare. The Catholic church has some, as does the United Nations. One of the earliest known dates to Saint Adomnan, Abbot of Iona.

He authored among other things, "In 697, it is generally believed that Adomnán promulgated the Cáin Adomnáin, meaning literally the "Canons" or "Law of Adomnán". The Cáin Adomnáin was promulgated amongst a gathering of Irish, Dal Ríatan and Pictish notables at the Synod of Birr. It is a set of laws designed, among other things, to guarantee the safety and immunity of various types of non-combatants in warfare. For this reason it is also known as the "Law of Innocents"."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adomn%C3%A1n


 

[andy58-in-nh]

Let us know when the government starts being trustworthy.

Government is never trustworthy. People instinctively know better, but too often succumb to bribes and flattery.

[240B]

John Kerry is an idiot. Every time he opens his mouth he only confirms what the world already thinks about him.

Look Kerry! dammit! The Founding Fathers didn't 'trust' government. That is precisely why they set it up with checks and balances. The American government was designed for the branches to be in contention with one another, specifically to balance things out. And the second amendment was instituted with the very expectation that government would one day grow out of control.

This is the concept that the Boehner, John McCain type Republicans cannot fathom. They constantly talk about "consensus" and "reaching across the aisle". By doing this, what they do is corrupt and pervert the founding father's intentions. And they know that very well. They are just as much anti-Constitutional politicians as any Democrat is. They want power, control, and money. Just like the Democrats do. That is why they 'cross the aisle', not because of any goofy idea of 'being nice'. They do it because it benefits them, and their way of thinking.

And this is why most/all thinking/rational people have a very passionate distrust of government. It come from a basic survival instinct, which many people (especially Liberal Jews) do not seem to have.

[Bigun]

Government is never trustworthy. People instinctively know better, but too often succumb to bribes and flattery.

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force, and like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

                                            George Washington

"There is danger from all men.  The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

                                                  John Adams

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."

Daniel Webster