The American Exception- Self Governing People; Types of government; What you earn by utilization of your time (your life) and efforts, belongs to you; Requires self discipline and personal responsibility; Citizens protected by the Bill of Rights and a Constitution which limits the power of Government; Founded on the Rule of Law- Justice is blind; Communism- Tyrant rule; Founded on the absolute power of the state; You own nothing, including your ideas and your life. The government controls everything; The people are exploited by their government and their rulers; National wealth historically concentrates in the hands of the most violent rulers; People are completely ruled by others, and crushed at the will of the state