What is a Good Government?

We all have different views of what constitutes a good government. Ideas are the controversy that lie within this realm. Some people agree that a smaller government is good and some disagree. I am one of those people. It is true to say that the government, specifically the U.S., is a liberal democratic society, but has it, lately, been unappealing to the people? Democracy - of the people, by the people, for the people. But seriously speaking, the people are somewhat silenced. But I believe that in order to prevent chaos, we rely on leaders, yet when they mandate something unappealing to the people, we call it tyranny.