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According to the Declaration of Independence, what right do people have over government?

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Answer: The right people have over the government is governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such .

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