Powerful! Am saving that one!
....”The origin of all civil government, justly established,.... must be... ‘a voluntary compact’,.... between the rulers and the ruled;... and must be liable to such ‘limitations’, as are necessary for the security of the absolute rights of the latter;.... for what original title can any man or set of men have, to govern others,....’ except their own consent’?
To usurp dominion over a people, in their own despite,... or to grasp at a more extensive power than they are willing to entrust,... is to violate that law of nature, ...which gives every man a right to his personal liberty; ..and can, therefore..., confer ‘no obligation to obedience.’.....”
Alexander Hamilton
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