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[[Image:Constitution.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The constitution was written in plain-language for a self-governing people]]

[[Image:Constitution.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The constitution was written in plain-language for a self-governing people]]

'''Self-governance''', or '''self-government''', refers the civic engagement of free [[citizen]]s, and their consequent interactions with national, state, and local governments.  

'''Self-governance''', or '''self-government''', refers to the civic engagement of free [[citizen]]s, and their consequent interactions with national, state, and local governments.  

Lack of self-government leads to a "professional" political class.  If citizens refuse to govern themselves, then others will gladly take up the task of governing them.

Lack of self-government leads to a "professional" political class.  If citizens refuse to govern themselves, then others will gladly take up the task of governing them.