Exploring the Complexities of Consent of the Governed in Society

Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact – and even earlier – the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the Declaration of Independence, and was the foundation for the formation of the Constitution as well. But, as Lysander Spooner argued – the notion that “all the people” consent exists only in theory.

Path to Liberty: May 1, 2024

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Declaration of Independence

Wiki: Divine Right of Kings

Thomas Paine – Common Sense (1776)

Wiki: Duns Scotus

Declaration of Arbroath (1320)

Stewart McLaurin – The Scottish Declaration of Arbroath and the American Declaration of Independence

Maharrey: Sovereignty and Agency

Vindiciae contra tyrannos (1579)

John Milton – The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1650)

Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)

John Locke – Two Treatises, Chap IV §. 22

Natelson: The Mayflower Compact and “consent of the governed” are now 400 years old

Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)

Tony Williams – Constituting America

Robert Higgs – Consent of the Governed?

Lysander Spooner – The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (1860)

Lysander Spooner – Forced Consent (1873)

Lysander Spooner – No Treason No. VI (1870)

Locke §. 116

Locke §. 118

Locke §. 119

Locke §. 120

Locke §. 121

Lysander Spooner – A Letter to Grover Cleveland (1886)

St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

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