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"Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just Powers
from the consent of the governed."
Men, deriving their just Powers
from the consent of the governed."
— Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
“The legislative being only a fiduciary power to
act for certain ends, there remains still in the people
a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative,
when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust
reposed in them.”
act for certain ends, there remains still in the people
a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative,
when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust
reposed in them.”
— John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Chapter XIII, §149