Here's an interesting tidbit. One of main reasons for, that is mostly unheard of, the American revolution was for the widows and fatherless. Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams both called for the over throw of the British because they were a burden for the poor, for the widowed, and for the fatherless. Notice today when we talk about having a smaller government or even when you hear about people wanting to overthrow the government, they do not appeal to a call for justice or charity, rather to our greed.