government

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government. See also civilization; continental nation; courts; institutions; legislatures; nations; patriotism; police; regulation (governmental); sovereignty; taxation
Adam failed to establish g. outside Eden (74:5.5-7)
believers’ relation to
afford no stumbling block (157:1.2,4)
be subject to g.; observe essentials of law (140:8.9) (175:1.8) (177:3.7)
conflict when rulers require worship which belongs only to God (133:4.3) (178:1.3) (181:2.10)
discourse on sonship and citizenship (178:1sec)
Jesus forbade apostles to become embroiled in politics (120:3.4) (137:7.5,12) (139:11.9) (140:8.9) (167:5.6)
make no denunciations of g. (138:5.4) (178:1.16)
never identify Jesus’ teachings with any political system (140:8.9-31) (140:10.6) (142:7.17) (194:3.9)
persecution by religious dictators (178:1.9)
render to Caesar what is Caesar’s (140:8.9) (156:5.16) (174:2.2) (178:1.3) (181:2.10)
responsibility and morality of cosmic citizenship (39:4.9)
seek to win all parties; not be of any (137:7.5,12)
spirit will teach believers how to answer judges (176:1.1)
celestial government. See also Urantia: celestial government
affairs of all worlds divinely supervised (3:2.1)
Father rules through his Sons (3:5.1-2)
levels of, assigned special domains of responsibility (33:6.3)
none in Havona (14:3.1-2) (14:5.3)
not always possible to distinguish administrations of Father and Son (6:8.3)
spiritual administration of Eternal Son in superuniverses not discernible by creatures (7:2.4)
democracy
dangers of (71:2.1-6)
elections are right way even to do wrong thing (71:2.8)
fetish made of (88:3.4)
history of government (Papers 70–71). See also civilization
abolition of slavery (71:8.5)
ancient administrations only changed by civil war (70:7.17)
beginnings (70:5sec)
character of people reflected in statehood (71:8.1)
communism q.v.
councils of elders (70:5.2)
danger of external aggression stimulates development of state (79:8.1)
development of industry and private property necessitated (69:9.17) (70:0.1)
development; often unconscious (70:0.2-3) (Paper 71)
dictators prevailed in primitive g. (70:12.2)
early states were all result of conquest (71:1.2)
Iroquois lacked essentials of modern g. (71:1.3-11)
monarchial g. (70:6sec)
on neighboring planet (Paper 72)
Onagar instituted efficient tribal (63:6.8)
origin of executive branch (70:5.5-9)
originally strong vs. weak (70:7.17)
weak and inferior always insist that the state compel others to supply their wants (70:9.16)
lower social orders no longer politically helpless (99:1.5)
mortal chief executives in light and life (55:4.15)
Most Highs rule in kingdoms of men (3:5.2) (43:3.4) (43:9.4) (50:2.6) (52:3.11) (97:8.5) (134:5.3-4) (136:9.6) (175:1.8) (175:3.2)
principles of government (Papers 70–72). See also competition; courts; human rights; industry; justice; law; military; profit; taxation
abolition of slavery (71:2.10)
adjudication is highest function of g. (22:4.3)
best g. is balance of power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches (70:12.1) (71:8.1)
bestowal of honors in ideal state (71:3.12)
care of the unfortunate (71:4.10)
co-ordinate most while governing least (71:3.9) (71:5.2)
compulsory education (71:4.7) (71:8.7) (72:4.1)
compulsory employment (71:3.7) (71:4.8) (72:6.4,6)
conquest of dialects (71:8.12)
control of public servants (71:2.18)
control of tax levying (71:8.6)
divine ideal for g. must be slowly discovered (70:12.20)
education (71:2.11)
effective only when power conferred on a person (70:6.1)
equality of opportunity under law (81:5.6)
essentials are liberty, security, education, social co-ordination (71:1.3-11) (71:3.1)
ethics is seed and secret of purposeful growth (39:3.7)
federalism (71:8.8) (72:2.1)
founded on justice (132:4.8)
freedom of speech (71:2.13)
g. disappears in light and life (52:7.5) (55:3.2) (55:5.4)
g. employees disenfranchised in continental nation (72:9.4)
g. may employ force; death penalty (133:1.5) (133:4.12) (140:8.4) (178:1.2)
ideal g. is organic (72:9.7)
ideal state has few laws (71:3.7)
ideals of statehood (70:9.17) (71:3sec)
in continental nation (72:2sec)
individual liberties (70:12.5) (71:4.3) (71:8.4)
intelligent, trained representation (71:2.19)
Jesus did not teach rules of g. (140:6.6)
men and women hold posts jointly in light and life (55:3.9)
nation doomed if majority of voters are inferior (72:9.8)
national survival demands military preparedness (71:4.17)
not what g. is, but what g. does that matters (71:3.1)
of the people, by the people, and for the people (71:2.19)
only sacred feature is division into executive, legislative, and judicial functions (71:8.1,3)
prevent g. from becoming parasitical or tyrannical (71:5.2)
promotion of science and art (71:4.12)
protection of home (71:4.4)
race improvement (71:4.11)
reign of law, not whim of rulers (71:2.12)
representative g. is divine ideal of self-government (45:7.3) (52:4.6) (70:12.1-2)
right of petition (71:2.15)
right to rule (71:2.16)
security of property (71:2.14)
sex equality (71:8.10)
should foster science, vanquish disease (71:8.9,11)
should provide fair, peaceful opportunities to all (70:9.17)
social welfare programs. See charity: by government
stages to evolution of g.; freedoms required (71:2.9-19) (71:8.2-15)
strongest state has common language, mores, and institutions (71:1.1)
system is of value only if it enhances welfare of individual and mankind (134:5.2)
ultimately of, by, and for all mankind (134:5sec)
universal suffrage (71:2.17)
Urmia lectures (134:5-6secs)
warnings
avoid control by dictators (70:12.12)
avoid domination by vicious minorities (70:12.11)
cannot establish righteousness by laws (152:6.2-4) (159:3.2) (178:1.12)
citizens not born for benefit of state (71:0.2) (134:5.16)
dangers to be avoided (70:12.6-12)
g. cannot be run by a debating society (70:5.5)
idleness and poverty should not be tolerated (71:3.8)
ignorance, selfishness insure downfall of any g. (71:3.1)
no g. can endure without protecting right to property (71:2.14)
no great social or economic change should be effected suddenly (81:6.40)
oppressive taxation and regulation interferes with individual liberties (70:12.15) (134:6.10)
secularism sells man into bondage to totalitarianism (195:8.4)
separate church and state (70:1.14) (70:12.17) (71:8.4) (72:3.6) (178:1.9)
subnormal man should be kept under society’s control (68:6.11). See also eugenics; inferiors
why Roman Empire declined (71:1.22) (195:3.8-9)
wise nation knows when to cease growing (81:6.12)
self-government
celestial orders in which their own members participated in own creation eligible for (35:1.3)
highest type of representative g. (52:4.6)
sovereignty is characteristic of true state (71:1.23)
state is territorial social regulative organization (71:1.1)
status of civilization portrayed by caliber of citizens who accept responsibilities of (71:3.10-12)
world government
Adam tried to establish, but failed (74:5.5)
creation (71:8.13)
national governments trustee sovereignty for international affairs into (134:5.13-15) (134:6.8-11) (134:6.10)
peace cannot prevail until creation of (72:12.5) (134:5.12)
sovereignty of mankind as a whole (134:5.2,5)
true democracy under (134:6.11)

Cross-references

See charity: by government
See also civilization
See also Urantia: celestial government
See also civilization
See also competition
See also eugenics
See also continental nation
See also courts
See also inferiors
See also courts
See also human rights
See also institutions
See also industry
See also legislatures
See also justice
See also nations
See also law
See also patriotism
See also military
See also police
See also profit
See also regulation (governmental)
See also taxation
See also sovereignty
See also taxation

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