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There is a quote by either Thomas Jefferson or Thomas Paine, I believe, that basically states that when a?
government fails , the people have the right to revolt, or something like that. Does anyone know the exact quote and to whom it is attributable???
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I believe you are thinking of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. "...that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government,..." That would have been written by Thomas Jefferson.
