Talk:Consent of the governed/Archive 1

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This phrase is often attributed to John Locke, but the idea was around much earlier. Consent of the governed appears in the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath (1320) which states that lord Robert, because of "Divine Providence" along with "the due consent and assent of us all, have made him our prince and king."

in US
The article is quite US-centric. I don't see anything wrong with that as soon as the subject _is_ in itself such, but in which case it'd be better from the very start to say "in US" or similar. In another case, the article would need expanding.

In the See Also section, there is an editorial line that should be deleted

Link to "Civilocity" article
I moved the link to the artice "Civilocity" from "Further Reading" to "External Links," since it's an eternal link.

However, I question the value of this link at all, and suggest that the article it links to meets criteria 2, 11, and 13, and possibly criterion 4, of the Links-to-be-avoided guideline. I would like some other editors to review the article to see if we can reach consensus about removing it.

--Tedd (talk) 13:11, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

found it. online no less!
http://books.google.com/books?id=gtp1ISdFAakC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=%22legitimacy+in+governance+is+a+constitutional+matter&source=bl&ots=S7N31Z-sE3&sig=_QdS7pvWnn3gmT3laRxTPQtuzFI&hl=en&ei=oB_vSoSuGeaJlQehsoHgAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22legitimacy%20in%20governance%20is%20a%20constitutional%20matter&f=false

can someone help me format this as a citation IF any one else objects to my edit & reverts? thanks. Skakkle (talk) 18:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Declaration of Independence Omitted?
The phrase that this article is based on is specifically famous because of, and specifically taken from, the Declaration of Independence. The article seems to do everything it can to avoid that fact. There is not even a quote, just a mention.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.192.194.110 (talk) 08:13, 31 March 2013 (UTC)