… the idea that all human beings are created equal, that we have certain inalienable rights, among these life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. The consent of the governed. That's the key part. That's what differentiates a tyrannical government, which is to say most governments that have ever existed, versus a government in which … (00:33–00:41)
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Asserts that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed.
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