Latin American Literature – Before 1900
Consent of the governed is the political theory that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal only when consented to by the people over whom that power is exercised. This principle emphasizes that authority comes from the will of the people, which is a central idea in democratic governance and significantly reflected in key documents like the Declaration of Independence.
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