Government in the United States draws its authority from the consent of the governed, and the system created by America\u2019s Founding Fathers created a system based on personal responsibility. In this episode of Crossroads we speak with Mark Meckler, President of Citizens for Self Governance, and a co-founder of the\xa0Tea Party, about the\xa0history\xa0of politics and political ideology in the United States, the values of classical liberalism, and the American character.