they get it from the people/citizens. they get it from the people/citizens.
the people
the people
Philosophers sought to uncover fundamental principles and laws that govern the natural world, such as laws of physics, biology, and chemistry. They aimed to understand the underlying order and regularities that shape the universe and explain natural phenomena.
These thinkers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called "natural rights"-life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment philosophers john Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern.
The primary focus of pre-Socratic philosophers was to understand the fundamental nature of the universe and the underlying principles that govern it.
How can a person achieve happiness. What is the best form of government. What is knowledge.
One of the philosophers that influenced the American Revolution was John Locke. He had argued for natural rights such as life, liberty (freedom) and property including the right to acquire it and keep it safe from theft or seizure. Thomas Paine in Common Sense, spoke about a government that would allow Americans to govern themselves.
They govern.
The abstract noun forms of the verb to govern are government and the gerund, governing.
The government has to govern. It is what is it there to do, but the least it puts restrictions on the citizens and the more it follows the Constitution, the better.
Govern it
govern stuff