Popular sovereignty
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popular-sovereignty-185-17338167
title:
Popular sovereignty
text:
Popular sovereignty is the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy. Popular sovereignty, being a principle, does not imply any particular political implementation. Benjamin Franklin expressed the concept when he wrote that "In free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns".
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Idea that the people are the source of all power
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_sovereignty
date created:
2004-01-16T06:45:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T21:23:53Z
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