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I don't like the phrasing "duty (or obligations) to government." Our duty isn't to the government, but rather our fellow citizens. Government is the machine by which we can facilitate our duties.
On the other hand, the government does have duties to its citizens. Namely, protecting our legal, property, and human rights -- our liberty. The government, and those citizens who comprise its agencies, also has a duty to remain just and uncorrupted. Since the government has generally failed in this regard, the citizenry has the responsibility of keeping the government accountable for its actions; but again, this is an obligation to ourselves and our fellow citizens, not the government itself.
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