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Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.

Jefferson Davis
Government, People, Ends
Jefferson Davis (1963). “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (Complete)”, p.272, Library of Alexandria
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.