When Jefferson wrote this in the Declaration of Independence he meant that they had the right because for a 1000 years people hadn't been given the right to choose their government. They had been told who the king was and to think about choosing a government was revolutionary.
It says if the rights of a people are allienated/violated, it is okay to break away from that government.
They mean that the people have a right to choose the government and when the government doesn't serve the people they have the right to change the government.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government should protect the rights the people have been given. Should the government fail in this fundamental duty, the people have the right to overthrow the government.
The people have the right to change government when it no longer works for the people.
The people have the right to abolish or reform the government and bring it back to the basic principles and boundaries outlined by the Constitution.It is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new governments.
That people should have the right to change their government if it violates their rights to life, liberty, or property.
1. That governments are formed by people for protection and services 2. When that government no longer serves the people it is the right of the people to change the government.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government should protect the rights the people have been given. Should the government fail in this fundamental duty, the people have the right to overthrow the government.
People often change thir beliefs and cannot choose right. He believed masses of people were ignorant and should be governed, not govern.
nah Some would say yes, they do.
The people have the right to change the government. One of the things you have to know when this was written it was a revolutionary idea. The world for a 1000 years had been ruled by kings with no ability for the population to change the government. To suggest that the people could change the government was very new thinking. For us, it isn't because we can change the government through voting and taking part in the government.
Hobbes