Wednesday, 11 December 2013

The Citizen and the State

THE CITIZEN IS SUPREME. THE STATE EXISTS FOR THE CITIZEN.

The State is the collection of Citizens. If there are No Citizens, there is No State.

The State is not a Map, a picture, a line drawing on a piece of paper. Enough countries have drawn their own lines!

Nor is the State a piece of Land. The moon can be said to have 'Land.' But it does not have 'states.' States might come into existence on the moon if People start living there!

The Citizen would be Wise to Protect the State with Everything in his might, as the State is made of his Family, Relatives and Friends. But, he depends not just on his family, but also on his neighbours living far and wide. And so the State is not made of Just his family and friends. As such he has the DUTY to protect the State with Everything in his might.

The Officials are NOT the State. They are the Servants of the State. The word 'Minister' is only a glorified name for a Servant! If the elected 'ministers' are not ready to SERVE the Country in Every sense of the Word, they should all go home. Fast indeed are Citizens becoming +Arvind Kejriwal. Similarly, Every official in Every office had better come off the high horse, and Serve the People. They are receiving Enough Salaries and emoluments from the Citizen.

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