Yet the most important word, the one which is an essential part of every government, is missing. We don't learn it in school, it is not reported in the news and only very few among us can give the simple and correct answer to that question.
Government is force.
The only difference between government and any other agency or organization in existence is that government claims monopoly on the use of force. Unlike actions taken by private agencies or individuals, every government action has force behind it, and without force, there is no need for government to be involved in the things it does. These questions have little to do with the issue in front of us, which is the definition of government. Peaceful, caring people Most of us have serious concerns beyond our daily life. It can be the economy, the environment, the growing number of poor people, the decline in the quality of education, how to prevent road accidents, the danger in which our cultural and moral values are, war between rival nations abroad - you name it, people care about it.