Important Ideas
consent of the governed
The Declaration of Independence says, “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” This means that government gets all its power from the people. The people set up the government.
The people run the government. The government does not run the people. If people don’t like the government, they have the right to change it.
Important Ideas | democracy | equality | independence | liberty | pursuit of happiness | representation | unalienable and natural rights