"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
That pretty well sums it up. If we are unhappy with the actions of our government, we have only ourselves to blame. A constitutional republic requires active citizen participation at every level to function properly or else we are at the mercy of those who would use our form of government to empower themselves over us. The coin of liberty has two sides; on the obverse is liberty and on the reverse is responsibility. Liberty without responsibility is anarchy, responsibility without liberty is tyranny.