How can the government of a free system be the arbiter of fair, equitable and honest? Those terms are too arbitrary and based on who happens to be the prevailing faction at the moment. Just another form of tyranny - of the majority. The legitimate purpose of government as established by the founders of the US through the constitution is the preservation and protection of inalienable individual rights. Where in the constitution does it mention fair, equitable and honest? Those terms sound nice, warm and fuzzy but mean different things to different people and do not necessarily reflect the general welfare of the sovereign people.