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Government is the system by which a state or community is controlled

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Key Bridge Potomac River Georgetown University Washington DC from Roosevelt Island

Political Map of Africa

UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster

Winston Churchill - Giving the V for Victory sign

Magna Carta. Signed June 1215. Document producecd by Barons of King John in order the enshrine certain freedoms

Fisher Street, Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Poster, The Vegetabull

Glasgow Centre

10 Downing Street

Chain Bridge, River Danube and Hungarian Parliament at dusk, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Mourne Mountains and Mt. Slieve Bearnagh, County Down, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Great Britain, Europe

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament

The Spirit of Progress

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London

The Scales of Justice above the Old Bailey Law Courts, Inns of Court, London, England, UK

Roman Republic and Carthage during the Second Punic War (218-201-BC)

Parish Council Cartoon

Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Bridge, Thames, London, England, United Kingdom

Benito Mussolini Portrait 1925

Evacuation - World War Two - Children Safer in the Country

Copy of The Declaration of Independence in Free Quarker Meeting House, Independence National Historical Park

Budapest, Hungary, Danube River, Parliament House, Calvinist Church

Liberty Loan / Wwi Poster

Indian Smoothbore.656 in musket, Pattern 1858

Sheela-na-Gig on the church wall of Killinaboy, Burren, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Irish Elections 1923

GERTRUDE BELL 1868-1926

Winston Churchill at Sidney Street Siege, East London

WW2 poster, Switch off that Light

Cartoons featuring William Marcy Boss Tweed, James Ingersoll and George Miller

Cleggan at sunset, Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Franklin Roosevelt

Political map of The Middle East

Suffragette Parade through New York City, 3rd May 1913

David Lloyd George visiting Newport during WW1

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194

Portrait of Chairman Mao, Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), Tiananmen Square

British Bank Notes

Advertisement for a book about flying saucers

General Ulysses S. Grant amid his service during The American Civil War

Mexico, Jalisco; Guadalajara, Plaza de Armas at Dawn

Hags Head, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Castlerock Beach, County Derry, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Europe

Sheep pasture, Glencolumbcille, or Glencolumbkille, County Donegal, Ireland, Europe

Aerial view of Havana, Cuba showing the Capitol Building

View over Anzac Parade in Canberra

LCC-LFB AFS Green Goddess pump, Lambeth HQ

Porton Down, aerial photograph

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Government is the system by which a state or community is controlled. It typically involves the exercise of authority and power to create laws, policies, and regulations that are enforced through social institutions, and are responsible for providing services such as education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. It also plays an important role in protecting citizens' rights and ensuring justice and can be divided into different types such as federal governments (which have power over all states), unitary governments (which have power over one state), confederate governments (which share power between states), and local governments (which manage cities). Ultimately, government is essential for maintaining order in society and ensuring that citizens' rights are respected.