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"Man is not made for the State but the State for man and it derives its just powers only from the consent of the governed."

— Thomas Jefferson
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

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