Tag Archives: Representative

In Search of Representation

 “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,….”  

An often overlooked component of the Declaration of Independence due a closer look; it is the enabling mechanism of the rights as described in the statement which precedes it. Implicit in its affirming fringe the declarants announce to the world the birth of representative democracy. 

“…deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,….” 

Posted in Historical Reference, Poli-Philos | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment