ABSTRACT
It is logical to start examination of limited government with the most comprehensive limitations, those that bound the scope of governmental activity. The power to declare war affords one illustration of a central issue in theory of democratic government that has too long escaped careful thought. A study of English and American experience suggests that there may be several kinds of decision that should always be made by a representative legislative assembly, or by a procedure which joins the chief executive with the representative assembly in a lawmaking institution. The notion that government ought to serve everybody must be as old as the first popular rebellion against governments that exploited the many for the benefit of the few. The federal government breaks up an industrial combination not only to assure favorable market conditions for all purchasers but also to enable smaller firms to survive in a competitive market.
