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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Thomas Paine – Common Sense (1776)
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)
Lysander Spooner – A Letter to Grover Cleveland (1886)
St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
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