John locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the declaration of independence, which says, "governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from what?

John locke's belief that government derives ots authority from the people influenced the declaration of independence, which says, "governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from --> the consent of the governed.

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