Since we are (at least nominally) a free people, the primary responsibilities of our government should be to protect us from serious external and internal threats. Our federal government —
THE FOUNDATION "The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted . if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment." George Washington (1783) IN TODAY'S DIGEST Opening the Border to Protect It?.