The idea / theory called "Trias Politica" as developed by Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu.
John Locke was an English philosopher and Enlightenment thinker who wrote about the government's job to protect the natural rights of life liberty and property.
John Locke
It's not a law. The idea is in the Declaration of Independance, that people may change their government if there have been "a long train of abuses". Also, Abraham Lincoln speaking of people and their government, spoke of their, "revolutionary right to overthrow it", though it was rather odd for him to say that in his first inaugeration speech, as future events would show.
John Locke
The idea / theory called "Trias Politica" as developed by Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu.
Montesquieu
Enlightenment thinker. It was his idea to divide the State into three powers: executive, judiciary and legislative.
John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and Enlightenment thinker who wrote about the government's job to protect the natural rights of life liberty and property.
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John Locke
Montesquie suggested that government should have checks and balances. He thought it was especially important that government concentrated seperatley on each branch- executive, judicial, and legistlative. Today, we have the idea of checks and balances thanks to the Enlightenment thinker, Montesquie.
The Enlightenment thinker who first proposed the idea of a social contract was Thomas Hobbes in his work "Leviathan". He argued that individuals willingly give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection and order from a sovereign authority.
The notion expressed in this passage appears to be most closely aligned with the ideas of John Locke, a prominent Enlightenment thinker. Locke emphasized the importance of individual rights, government by consent, and the idea that all people are born with natural rights that should be protected by society.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is often credited with the idea of the social contract. He argued that there is an agreement between individuals and their government, where individuals surrender certain freedoms in exchange for protection of their natural rights.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is credited with the idea of a social contract between people and their government. He believed that individuals should come together in a social contract to form a society governed by the general will of the people.