Representative government is unthinkable without freedom of all forms of expression for human aspirations and opinions. Security of property . No government can long endure if it fails to provide for the right to enjoy personal property in some form. Man craves the right to use, control, bestow, sell, lease, and bequeath his personal property. The right of petition .
Representative government assumes the right of citizens to be heard.
The privilege of petition is inherent in free citizenship. The right to rule . Universal suffrage . Representative government presupposes an intelligent, efficient, and universal electorate. The character of such a government will ever be determined by the character and caliber of those who compose it.