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This article is from the Lawful Arrest/Search/Seizure FAQ, by Ahimsa Dhamapada ahimsa@mu.clarityconnect.net with numerous contributions by others.

3.12: Where does government power come from?

If you accept the words of Thomas Jefferson, governments
"derive their just powers from the *consent* of the
governed". The key word here is "consent". Consensual,
mutually beneficial agreements are called "contracts",
which lead many libertarians to call the United States
Constitution "the REAL Contract with America!"

 

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