Thomas Jefferson explains in the Declaration of Independence that government must be exercised with the consent of the governed. In other words, it is a social contract between the people governed and the people who govern. The purpose of good government, of course, is to secure the natural rights given to us by God. Historically, the Founders knew that…
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