Small Government

The Founding Fathers were deeply suspicious of centralized power. Their experience with a distant monarchy made them wary of any government that could overstep its bounds. The Constitution was designed to limit the power of the federal government, ensuring that states and individuals retained significant control over their own lives.

Thomas Jefferson once stated, "The government that governs best, governs least." Jefferson and others, like James Madison, believed that a bloated bureaucracy would be detrimental to liberty. They argued that if government grew too large, it would inevitably infringe on the rights of individuals and states.

Nowhere in the Constitution does it suggest that unelected bureaucrats should run the country. The Founders intended for elected representatives to carry the will of the people—not for a permanent administrative state to dictate the lives of citizens. The rise of expansive bureaucracies is a modern phenomenon, not a constitutional mandate.

The Life and Liberty Party believes in a return to the principles of limited government. Our founders envisioned a republic where the government's role was to protect life, liberty, and property—not to regulate every aspect of life. We stand firmly against an overreaching federal government and advocate for power to be returned to states and local communities where governance is more responsive to the people.

In honoring the Founding Fathers' debates, we seek a system where personal freedom and responsibility are prioritized, and where government intervention is kept to a minimum. The rights and liberties of individuals are best preserved when government is kept small and within its constitutional limits.