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arbitrary king. "Both natural law and
English constitutional doctrine gave the colonists a right to revolt against the sovereign's oppression." But these understandings about the right of revolution on the eve of the American Revolution rested on a traditional model of government. That model posited the existence of a hypothetical bargain struck in the mists of antiquity between a king and a people. "In this bargain, the people were protected by the monarch in exchange for the people giving the king allegiance. This was a contractual relationship. American revolutionaries accused George III of breaching his implied duty of protection under that contract, thereby releasing the people in the colonies from their allegiance. The sovereign's breach of the hypothetical contract gave rise to the subjects' right of revolution – grounded on both natural law and English constitutional doctrine."
1714:, Locke discusses the pro-monarchy philosopher William Barclay's notions about the preconditions for the right of revolution against a monarch: "First. He says it must be with reverence. Secondly. It must be without retribution or punishment; and the reason he gives is, 'because an inferior cannot punish a superior'." Locke disagreed with both these preconditions, explaining that it is impossible to strike against any opposition 'with reverence' and that an oppressor loses his superiority by being an oppressor. Elsewhere Barclay insists that a king must be dethroned as a precondition for the right of revolution against a monarchy: "The people, therefore, can never come by a power over him unless he does something that makes him cease to be a king", which may only happen if the king tries to overturn his kingdom or make his rule dependent on force provided by another country.
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provisions that mirrored the traditional right of revolution. ... Other state constitutions adopted different versions of this right to "alter or abolish" government that did not sound like the traditional right of revolution. In these provisions, the ability of the people to revise constitutions existed regardless of the traditional preconditions for the right of revolution. ... Increasingly, as
Americans included it in their constitutions, the right of revolution came to be seen as a constitutional principle permitting the people as the sovereign to control government and revise their constitutions without limit. In this way, the right broke loose from its traditional moorings of resistance to oppression. The alter or abolish provisions could now be interpreted consistent with the constitutional principle that in America, the sovereign was the people.
2757:, which all admit. Whenever the burdens of the Government under which it acts become so onerous that it cannot bear them, or if anticipated evil shall be so great that the State believes it would be better off – even risking the perils of secession – out of the Union than in it, then that State, in my opinion, like all people upon earth, has the right to exercise the great fundamental principle of self-preservation, and go out of the Union – though, of course, at its own peril – and bear the risk of the consequences. And while no State may have the constitutional right to secede from the Union, the President may not be wrong when he says the Federal Government has no power under the Constitution to compel the State to come back into the Union. It may be a
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institutions that act "as guards and fences to the properties of all society". In other writings, he used the analogy of a robber to explain why tyrannical infringement on property makes for unjust law: "Should a robber break into my house, and, with a dagger at my throat, make me seal deeds to convey my estate to him, would this give him any title? Just such a title by his sword has an unjust conqueror who forces me into submission. The injury and the crime is equal, whether committed by the wearer of a crown or some petty villain." Thus, according to Locke, if a government acts against a citizen's right of property, that citizen may exercise his right of revolution against that government.
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993:, he observed that contemporary monarchs pretend to reign "by the grace of God", but the pretense was "a mere cheat" so that they could "reign without control". He believed that "Earthly princes depose themselves while they rise up against God", so "it behooves us to spit upon their heads than to obey them". When ordinary citizens are confronted with tyranny, he wrote, ordinary citizens have to suffer it. But magistrates have the duty to "curb the tyranny of kings", as had the
919:. He considers a law not to be a law at all, but an act of violence, if it contradicts either human or Divine good, overextends the power of the lawgiver, or hampers different parts of society unequally. For Aquinas, overthrowing a tyrant does not make a population seditious. Rather, the tyranny of tyrants means they commit "sedition", by which Aquinas means disturbance of those who work together lawfully for the good of the multitude:
1346:, he gave an account of the historical limitation of kingly power by the multitude, a conflict he termed "liberty". This progress was sought "by obtaining a recognition of certain immunities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of duty in the ruler to infringe, and which if he did infringe, specific resistance, or general rebellion, was held to be justifiable". On the question of
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opposed with force. This right implied a duty on the part of the people to resist unconstitutional acts. As
Alexander Hamilton noted in 1775, government exercised powers to protect "the absolute rights" of the people and government forfeited those powers and the people could reclaim them if government breached this constitutional contract.
1350:, Mill came down firmly in favour of the virtue of "the act of a private citizen in striking down a criminal, who, by raising himself above the law, has placed himself beyond the reach of legal punishment or control, has been accounted by whole nations, and by some of the best and wisest of men, not a crime, but an act of exalted virtue".
3142:. In Chapter 2, "Revolutionary Constitutionalism", Professor Fritz notes that after the Revolution, "ncreasingly, as Americans included it in their constitutions, the right of revolution came to be seen as a constitutional principle permitting the people as the sovereign to control government and revise their constitutions without limit."
1212:'s rebellion against the King of Assyria to make the case that God supported any people rebelling against unrighteous rule, saying that "it is plain that shaking off a power which force, and not right, hath set over any one, though it hath the name of rebellion, yet it is no offence before God, but that which He allows and countenances".
1321:, stating that "there is no right of sedition, and still less of revolution", the reason being that "it is only by submission to the universal legislative will, that a condition of law and order is possible." Moreover, Kant believed that any "forcible compulsion of , on the part of the people, cannot be justified under the pretext of a
807:. Believing they had the right to violently rebel to get better treatment and greater appreciation from the state, he rhetorically asked the common soldiery why they submitted to the centurions while military life entailed such low pay and so many years in service. Many soldiers shared his feelings. According to the historian
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long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government. Had not the people of France thought themselves honoured as sharing in the brilliant actions of
3286:, I:111 (identifying the collective right of the people “to preserve their rights by force and even rebellion against constituted authority”), III:427n31 (quoting Viscount Bolingbroke that the "collective Body of the People" had the right to "break the Bargain between the King and the Nation"); Pauline Maier,
1558:. This preface from 24 June 1793 contained a declaration of the rights of man and citizen including right to rebellion in §35: "When the government violates the rights of the people, insurrection is for the people, and for every portion thereof, the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties."
689:) is the right or duty of a people to "alter or abolish" a government that acts against their common interests or threatens the safety of the people without justifiable cause. Stated throughout history in one form or another, the belief in this right has been used to justify various revolutions, including the
2786:, 1986–1993), I:111 (identifying the collective right of the people "to preserve their rights by force and even rebellion against constituted authority"), III:427n31 (quoting Viscount Bolingbroke that the "collective Body of the People" had the right to "break the Bargain between the King and the Nation").
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Articles 33–35: Resistance to oppression is the consequence of the other rights of man. There is oppression against the social body when a single one of its members is oppressed. There is oppression against every member when the social body is oppressed. When the government violates the rights of the
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That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; for the advancement of those ends they have at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such
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All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness. For the advancement of these ends they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner
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John Locke believed in the precondition that the right of violent insurrection could only be retained by those challenging tyranny, stipulating "that force is to be opposed to nothing but to unjust and unlawful force". The right of revolution only gave a people the right to rebel against unjust rule,
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Simply put, "An insurrection, whatever may be its immediate cause, eventually endangers all government." However, Hamilton did point out that the wide geography of the United States meant that a federal army could not provide absolute limitation on the right of revolution, since, "If the federal army
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That seditions and insurrections are, unhappily, maladies as inseparable from the body politic as tumours and eruptions from the natural body; that the idea of governing all at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican government) has
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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 a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and
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The contract of government is so completely dissolved by despotism, that the despot is master only so long as he remains the strongest; as soon as he can be expelled, he has no right to complain of violence. The popular insurrection that ends in the death or deposition of a Sultan is as lawful an act
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For Locke, these governments undid themselves by standing in the way of a citizen's right to property. He believed that "governments are dissolved" when "they endeavour to invade the property of the subject", since it is the right of the people to "choose and authorise a legislative" and accompanying
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The constitutional logic of recognizing the people, not a king, as the sovereign implied the irrelevance of a right of revolution in
America. This did not develop instantly or uniformly after the establishment of American governments. Some of the first state constitutions included "alter or abolish"
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Thinkers often emphasise the great responsibility in taking hold of the right to revolution. Aquinas believed that would-be revolutionaries held no right to rebel against a tyrant if "the tyrant's rule be disturbed so inordinantly that his subjects suffer greater harm from the consequent disturbance
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argued that a dissident should openly criticise his nation's policies, "provided that his words are not likely either to fall on deaf ears or to lead to the loss of his own life", he also stipulated against seemingly necessary violent insurrection: "force against his native land he should not use in
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would have strongly disagreed with Locke and
Rousseau as regards the notion of there being any general principle of a right to revolution. He believed that "if the ruler or regent, as the organ of the supreme power, proceeds in violation of the laws, as in imposing taxes, recruiting soldiers, and so
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are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of
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suggested that using the law of redress would be "extraordinary", for example applying if the king broke the original contract, violated "the fundamental laws", or abandoned the kingdom. During the Stamp Act crisis of the 1760s the
Massachusetts Provincial Congress considered resistance to the king
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The law of redress had limits like the right of revolution under natural law. The law of redress, like the right of revolution, was not an individual right. It belonged to the community as a whole, as one of the parties to the original constitutional contract. It was not a means of first resort, or
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called "the law of redress against public oppression". Like the natural law's right of revolution, this constitutional law of redress justified the people resisting the sovereign. This law of redress arose from a contract between the people and the king to preserve the public welfare. This original
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Boswell emphasised this sentence "with peculiar pleasure, as a noble instance of that truly dignified spirit of freedom which ever glowed in his heart". Johnson seemed to believe that some form of a right to revolution inhered in natural law. He considered "that in no government power can be abused
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All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety, happiness and the protection of property. For the advancement of these ends, they have at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish
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suppressed a rebellion of Gallic peasants violently resisting exploitation by their masters. These fought for their natural rights against the miserable conditions they were placed under. Gibbon says that they "asserted the natural rights of men, but they asserted those rights with the most savage
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This well-accepted law of redress justified a people resisting unconstitutional acts of government. Liberty depended upon the people's "ultimate" right to resist. Unconstitutional commands breaching the "voluntary compact between the rulers and the ruled" could be "ignored" and arbitrary commands
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Italy, left without life, waits for him who shall yet heal her wounds and put an end to the ravaging and plundering of
Lombardy, to the swindling and taxing of the kingdom and of Tuscany, and cleanse those sores that for long have festered. It is seen how she entreats God to send someone who will
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justified if freedom came under attack from "the hand of oppression" and "the merciless feet of tyranny". A decade later the "indictment" of George III in the
Declaration of Independence sought to end his sovereign reign over the colonies because he violated the original constitutional contract.
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was equally cautious, warning that "to establish a better regimen in the stead of that which a man has overthrown, many who have attempted it have foundered". Even the
American Declaration of Independence admits that "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be
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However, Locke was not only a proponent of fighting tyranny through civil disobedience of unjust laws. He also suggested using violent insurrection in situations where an illegitimate centre of power, such as a rogue executive, has used force to subdue the supreme power in the land, that is, the
1778:, have written that with the end of the Revolution, Americans did not renounce the right of revolution. In fact they codified it in their new constitutions and even today 35 constitutions of American states have the same or similar provisions on the right of revolution as in the preamble of the
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disapproves of the Cretan constitution's provision for the aristocratic right of revolution against the Cosmi, the ten most important magistrates in the country: "Worst of all is the suspension of the office of Cosmi, a device to which the nobles often have recourse when they will not submit to
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For having erected a legislative with an intent that should exercise the power of making laws, ... when they are hindered by any force from what is so necessary to the society, and wherein the safety and preservation of the people consists, the people have a right to remove it by force. In all
1595:, "private individuals were forbidden to take force against their rulers either for malice or because of private injuries". Instead, "not just a few individuals, but the 'Body of the People' had to feel concerned" before the right of revolution was justified and with most writers speaking of a
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Aquinas, Locke believed that the truly seditious or rebellious individuals are not those who change the legislative to ensure public wellbeing, but the despots who violated public wellbeing in the first place with their illegitimate laws: "For when men, by entering into society and civil
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As explained in legal historian Christian Fritz's description of the role of the right of revolution in American Revolution, American independence was justified by conventional theories under Anglo-American constitutional thought at the time about the people's collective right to cast off an
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argued that, since they have consented to invest their sovereign with the right of rulership, monarchical subjects can only change rulers with the original sovereign's permission. He states that "they that are subjects to a monarch cannot without his leave cast off monarchy and return to the
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would bless the authority of a just ruler, but would be displeased and withdraw its mandate from a despotic ruler. The Mandate of Heaven would then transfer to those who would rule best. Chinese historians interpreted a successful revolt as evidence that the Mandate of Heaven had passed on.
1184:, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge, which God hath provided for all Men, against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the
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confusion of a disunited multitude; nor transfer their person from him that beareth it to another man, or other assembly of men". Elsewhere he emphasises this point by saying that "the commands of them that have the right to command are not by their subjects to be censured nor disputed".
1771:, the Declaration was the last-ditch effort of an oppressed people—the position in which many Americans saw themselves in 1776. Jefferson's litany of colonial grievances was an effort to establish that Americans met their burden to exercise the natural law right of revolution.
1806:'s 1784 constitution required the perversion of the ends of government and the endangering of public liberty and that all other means of redress were to no avail. But in contrast, other states dispensed with the onerous preconditions on the exercise of the right. In the 1776
865:, an English charter issued in 1215, which required the King to renounce certain rights and accept that his will could be bound by the law. It included a "security clause" that gave the right to a committee of barons to overrule the will of the King through force if needed.
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not any rule: "whoever, either ruler or subject, by force goes about to invade the rights of either prince or people, and lays the foundation for overturning the constitution and frame of any just government, he is guilty of the greatest crime I think a man is capable of".
1798:, describes a duality in American views on preconditions to the right of revolution: "Some of the first state constitutions included 'alter or abolish' provisions that mirrored the traditional right of revolution" in that they required dire preconditions to its exercise.
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Certain theories of the right of revolution impose significant preconditions on its exercise, sometimes limiting its invocation to the most dire circumstances. Aristotle insisted that "men of rank" who "excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel". Although
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Article 11: Any act directed against a person, apart from the cases and without the forms determined by law, is arbitrary and tyrannical; if attempt is made to execute such act by force, the person who is the object thereof has the right to resist it by force.
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in 1780, preserved the people's right "to reform, alter, or totally change" government not only for their protection or safety but also whenever their "prosperity and happiness require it". This expression was not unusual in the early American constitutions.
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invoked the natural law right of revolution, natural law was not the sole justification for American independence. English constitutional doctrine also supported the colonists' actions, at least up to a point. By the 1760s, English law recognized what
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3d. That Government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive to the good and happiness of
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Citizens have the right to resist anybody who would do away with the democratic order of human rights and fundamental freedoms, established by this Charter, if the actions of constitutional bodies or the effective use of legal means have been
2778:(Cambridge University Press, 2008), 14 (noting that under English constitutional law the right of revolution "belonged to the community as a whole, as one of the parties to the original constitutional contract"). See also John Phillip Reid,
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1465:, Locke's mentor, patron and friend, introduced the bill, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. Alternatively, the work is better associated with the revolutionary conspiracies that swirled around what would come to be known as the
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observes, after Tarquin's overthrow, "the ambitious Roman who should dare to assume their title or imitate tyranny was devoted to the infernal gods: each of his fellow-citizens was armed with the sword of justice; and the act of
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in the constitution; but I should like to know where the power exists in the Constitution of the United States to authorize the Federal Government to coerce a sovereign State. It does not exist in any terms, at any rate, in the
856:, who in 1018 had a dramatic confrontation with the King of Sweden. The lawspeaker claimed the King of Sweden was accountable to the people and would be overthrown by them if he continued with his unpopular war with Norway.
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Although some explanations of the right of revolution leave open the possibility of its exercise as an individual right, it was clearly understood to be a collective right under English constitutional and political theory.
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mention this right or guarantee this right to citizens because of the destabilizing effect such a guarantee would likely produce. Among the examples of an articulation of a right of revolution as positive law include:
780:"stands deprived by his own act of honours and immunities, by the neglect of the duty for which the honour was bestowed upon him". For Gracchus, he "who assails the power of the people is no longer a tribune at all".
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as stating "That particular men are allowed ... to have no other remedy but patience; but the body of the people may with, with respect, resist intolerable tyranny, for when it is moderate they ought to endure it."
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was widely considered to be a mistake. Instead, the safest course of action for the people was to endure tyranny for as long as it could be borne, rather than run the larger risks of armed revolution.
1226:, he argued that "if the law, indeed, be concerning things that lie not within the verge of the magistrates authority, ... men are not in these cases obliged by that law, against their consciences."
1017:. That Calvin could support a right of resistance in theory did not mean that he thought such resistance prudent in all circumstances. At least publicly, he disagreed with the Scottish Calvinist
1163:, to replace the government with one that served the interests of citizens. In some cases, Locke saw revolution as an obligation. For him, the right of revolution acted as a safeguard against
1220:– that is, bring back again the state of war, and are properly rebels". Also like Aquinas, Locke considered it just for a subject to disobey any ruler overextending his political power. In
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justified American resistance as an expression of "the law of nature" redressing violations of "the first principles of civil society" and invasions of "the rights of a whole people". For
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contract was "a central dogma in English and British constitutional law" since "time immemorial". The Declaration's long list of grievances declared that this bargain had been breached.
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exhorts the Medici family to take up violent insurrection "to liberate Italy from the barbarians". He explains why contemporary circumstances justify the Medici's right of revolution:
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states that "when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their
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government, have excluded force, and introduced laws for the preservation of property, peace, and unity among themselves, those who set up force again in opposition to the law, do
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believed that this institution successfully hindered the abuse of power, thanks to the existing precondition of a powerful patriotism felt by the Cretans towards their island.
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successfully made the case for a federal standing army, in opposition to Locke's principle that a republican government rules not by violence, but by law. Hamilton thought:
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guarantees its citizens the right to reform government, in Article 10 of the New Hampshire constitution's
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which violated the colonist's natural right to life, liberty, and property. According to the declaration:
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Descriptions of the Right of Revolution also differ in whether that right is considered to be a
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American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War
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3081:, pp. 445–548). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1915)
2961:, pp. 318–319). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1877)
2931:, pp. 800–814). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1928)
2571:, pp. 439–441), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1887)
2550:, pp. 361–362), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1937)
2382:, pp. 445–548). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1947)
2264:, pp. 671–681). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1927)
2098:
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states and conditions the true remedy of force without authority is to oppose force to it.
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347:
3492:"Preface to the Constitution of 1793 (Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen)"
2707:, pp. 96–98), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1787)
2435:, pp. 36–37). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1908)
2306:, pp. 1–184). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1927)
3661:
3450:
2718:"Readings from the French Revolution – Chapter 13: Preface to the Constitution of 1793"
2516:, pp. 1–22), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1923)
2094:
1989:
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3541:
The official English language translation of the Greek Constitution as of May 27, 2008
2953:
M. de Montaigne (1952). "Of Presumption" (C. Cotton, trans.). In W. C. Hazlitt (ed.),
2686:, pp. 1–3), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica. (Original work published 1776)
1461:, which attempted to prevent James II from ever taking the throne in the first place.
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advocated direct revolutionary assassination of unethical tyrannical rulers in his
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1499:, as opposed to merely self-government within it. The right was also cited in the
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Perhaps no other major philosopher wrote as much about the right of revolution as
17:
3230:
John Phillip Reid, "The Irrelevance of the Declaration", in Hendrik Hartog, ed.,
1315:) to this injustice, but not active resistance." He reaffirms this repeatedly in
903:; the Bull was the first constitutional document of the nation of Hungary, while
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noblemen, including the right to disobey the King when he acted contrary to law (
3439:
2145:, the right of the people to remove the government has become embedded into the
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of natural law and of nature's God when they threw off absolute despotism." The
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tried to justify depriving power from tribune Marcus Octavius by arguing that a
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He strengthened his argument by highlighting the precedent of the overthrow of
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over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; By this breach of Trust
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constitution the right would arise simply if government was "inadequate" and
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The Catholic Church shared Calvin's prudential concerns – the Pope condemned
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One example of the emergence of a right of revolution can be traced back to
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have contained a right to resist in their concluding article. The current
1657:, where he explicitly established overthrow of a tyrant as an obligation.
1244:
3153:"The Crime of Terrorism and the Right of Revolution in International Law"
2142:
1941:
1889:
1830:(law enacted or adopted by proper authority for governing of the state).
1807:
1799:
1511:, two thirds of which consists of a list of the wrongs committed by King
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Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People
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depicts another idealization of the exercise of the right of revolution.
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would be in agreement on Locke's point about force, stating in his work
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likewise held that it is the duty of the people to resist unjust laws.
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3247:, V:2594 (noting that the King breached his contract with the people).
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New Jersey 1776 Constitution, Preamble in Francis Newton Thorpe, ed.,
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Theological notions of the right of revolution were elaborated in the
3553:
English translation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
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This right is inferred in the third paragraph of the preamble to the
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1898:
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The right of revolution was also included in the 1793 preface to the
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1006:
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3073:, Book II, Chapter 10 (B. Jowett, trans.). In R. M. Hutchins (ed.),
1748:
The presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence in
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writes of the American revolutionaries, "The notion that they had a
3152:
1878:
seek legitimacy by appealing to the right of revolution, far fewer
1477:
The right to revolution played a large part in the writings of the
2427:, Chapter XXVI (W. K. Marriott, trans.). In R. M. Hutchins (ed.),
1743:
1676:
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Not all Enlightenment thinkers supported the rebellion principle.
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was a proponent of the right to revolution in the name of liberty.
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response to trivial or casual errors of government. Blackstone's
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The Founders Constitution, Vol. 1 Chapter 3, Right of Revolution
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on the website of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
3221:(4 vols., Oxford, 1765–1769, Facsimile ed., repr., 1979), I:238.
1144:
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247:
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2026:" with several right of revolution provisions which stated in
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to do so. Howard Evans Kiefer opines, "It seems to me that the
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was the first constitutional charter of the nation of England.
3269:
Alexander Hamilton, "The Farmer Refuted" (February 23, 1775),
1453:
Although Locke claimed that his book's purpose was to justify
1449:, when a people rose up to exercise their right of revolution.
1365:
saw the justifications for the right to rebel against tyranny.
1159:
against the government when it acted against the interests of
2765:(Iverson said this in 1860; 1861 is when Globe published it.)
3232:
Law in the American Revolution and the Revolution in the Law
1996:
of November 21, 1789 contains in its Declaration of Rights:
1257:
argues in favour of the right of revolution against despots.
2991:, pp. 101–104). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
1964:, under Article 1, Section 2 of the Declaration of Rights:
803:, the soldier Percennius fomented mutiny in the legions of
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3484:
3482:
3480:
2298:, Book I (A. J. Church, trans.). In R. M. Hutchins (Ed.),
1155:; under the social contract, the people could instigate a
3168:
Massachusetts 1780 Constitution, Bill of Rights, Art. 7.
1951:
their government in such manner as they may deem proper.
3177:
Connecticut 1818 Constitution, Bill of Rights, Sec. 2.
2751:. Washington: Congressional Globe Office. p. 11.
2652:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1988), 59–61.
2340:, p. 144). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
2285:, p. 92). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
913:
also writes about the right to resist tyranny in the
1426:, due to the former's unacceptable leanings towards
1194:
or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power
3685:
3649:
2876:
Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America
2093:, a part of the constitutional systems of both the
989:believed something similar. In a commentary on the
1021:'s call for revolution against the Catholic Queen
3258:Constitutional History of the American Revolution
2780:Constitutional History of the American Revolution
3440:Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2024:Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
937:, categorically denied any right of resistance.
2970:T. Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, p. 1
2155:
2115:
2102:
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2010:
2009:contains similar wording in Article 1, Sect 2:
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1965:
1948:
1928:
1627:to rebel is much more understandable than that
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3134:. (Cambridge University Press, 2008) at p. 25
2983:, Part II, Chapter XVIII. In N. Fuller (ed.),
2626:), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
2592:), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
2469:), Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica.
2256:(J. Dryden, trans.). In R. M. Hutchins (ed.),
2137:Some have argued that because in modern times
1463:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
3626:
3528:Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
2944:, Part II–II, Question 42, Article 2, Reply 3
2542:. (G. D. H. Cole, trans.) In R. M. Hutchins,
2395:, Part II–II, Question 42, Article 2, Reply 3
2050:Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
1377:'s attack on the widespread assumption that "
1048:The right of revolution was expounded by the
723:To justify their overthrowing of the earlier
655:
8:
3422:Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
2923:(J. Harward, trans.). In M. J. Adler (ed.),
2376:The Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas
1896:, maintained a right of rebellion, known as
955:Resistance theory in the early modern period
3342:Reid, "Irrelevance of the Declaration", 84.
3094:(T. Nugent, trans.). In M. J. Adler (ed.),
2839:Kiefer, Howard Evans; Munitz, Milton Karl.
894:
3633:
3619:
3611:
2091:Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
1774:Certain scholars, such as legal historian
1445:on 14 July 1789 has come to symbolize the
1170:Locke defended the right of revolution in
818:justified his right of revolution against
662:
648:
26:
2563:. (W. Hastie, trans.) In R. M. Hutchins,
1689:changed for light and transient causes".
1208:Locke drew on the Old Testament story of
3157:Connecticut Journal of International Law
2955:The Essays of Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
2330:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
2275:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
899:). The Golden Bull is often compared to
3381:(in Spanish). Government of El Salvador
3190:(Cambridge University Press, 2008), 24.
2225:
38:
3501:. college.columbia.edu. Archived from
3451:Constitution of the State of Tennessee
2755:each State has the right of revolution
2258:Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
3572:Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3543:on the website of Hellenic Parliament
3401:"State Constitution – Bill of Rights"
3060:, Chapter XIX, Section 235–237, p. 80
2112:Universal Declaration of Human Rights
735:promulgated the concept known as the
7:
1835:American Declaration of Independence
1780:American Declaration of Independence
1684:than from the tyrant's government".
889:. The law established the rights of
3606:North Carolina Constitution of 1789
3219:Commentaries on the Laws of England
3017:, Chapter XVIII, Section 204, p. 72
2300:The Annals and Histories of Tacitus
1845:Commentaries on the Laws of England
3583:Fritz, American Sovereigns, 24–25.
2724:. Columbia University. p. 135
2461:, Chapter XVI, Section 176, p. 66
1935:the good and happiness of mankind.
1125:. He developed the concept in his
25:
3043:, Chapter XIX, Section 235, p. 79
3030:, Chapter XIX, Section 230, p. 78
2829:, chapter XIX, Section 233, p. 79
2529:, Chapter III, Section 155, p. 61
2495:, chapter XIX, section 226, p. 77
2482:, Chapter XVI, Section 196, p. 70
2448:, Chapter XIX, Section 221, p. 75
3764:Concepts in political philosophy
3403:. New Hampshire State Government
3271:The Papers of Alexander Hamilton
3117:The Papers of Alexander Hamilton
3100:Great Books of the Western World
3079:Great Books of the Western World
2989:Great Books of the Western World
2959:Great Books of the Western World
2929:Great Books of the Western World
2873:Darsey, James (September 1999).
2705:Great Books of the Western World
2684:Great Books of the Western World
2648:Laslett, Peter. "Introduction".
2624:Great Books of the Western World
2590:Great Books of the Western World
2569:Great Books of the Western World
2548:Great Books of the Western World
2514:Great Books of the Western World
2467:Great Books of the Western World
2433:Great Books of the Western World
2380:Great Books of the Western World
2338:Great Books of the Western World
2304:Great Books of the Western World
2283:Great Books of the Western World
2262:Great Books of the Western World
2169:
1647:U.S. Declaration of Independence
631:
46:
2676:The Declaration of Independence
1984:manner as they may think proper
1606:, John Locke quotes the jurist
766:overthrow of the Roman monarchy
674:Concept in political philosophy
3754:Control (social and political)
3260:(4 vols., 1986–1993), III:140.
2506:A Letter Concerning Toleration
2353:. Pearson Education. (2003).
1913:("the right to insurrection").
1894:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1740:During the American Revolution
1579:Individual or collective right
1223:A Letter Concerning Toleration
764:was established following the
1:
3090:Baron de Montesquieu (1952).
3004:, Part II, Chapter XX, p. 112
2810:From Resistance to Revolution
2784:University of Wisconsin Press
2699:, No. 28, in R. M. Hutchins,
2294:P. Cornelius Tacitus (1952).
1655:Second Treatise of Government
1593:From Resistance to Revolution
1568:Confederate States of America
3708:Collective rights management
2799:(Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 33.
1911:el derecho a la insurrecciĂłn
1907:Constitutions of El Salvador
1876:declarations of independence
1424:William III of Orange-Nassau
3499:National Assembly of France
3379:"Derecho a la InsurrecciĂłn"
3058:Concerning Civil Government
3056:, I. iii. c. 16. in Locke,
3041:Concerning Civil Government
3028:Concerning Civil Government
3015:Concerning Civil Government
2827:Concerning Civil Government
2650:Two Treatises of Government
2540:On the Origin of Inequality
2527:Concerning Civil Government
2493:Concerning Civil Government
2480:Concerning Civil Government
2459:Concerning Civil Government
2446:Concerning Civil Government
2332:. In R. M. Hutchins (ed.),
2277:. In R. M. Hutchins (ed.),
2020:French Constitution of 1793
1956:Similar wording is used in
1818:Natural law or positive law
1755:Declaration of Independence
1712:Two Treatises of Government
1604:Two Treatises of Government
1552:French Constitution of 1793
1501:Declaration of Independence
1268:On the Origin of Inequality
1173:Two Treatises of Government
1128:Two Treatises of Government
1102:Two Treatises of Government
3780:
3596:Locke and the Social Order
3531:(English translation; PDF)
3303:, III:121, 427n31; Maier,
2508:. In C. L. Sherman (ed.),
2406:"The Calvinist Connection"
1670:In philosophical discourse
1373:noted the literary critic
952:
871:United States Constitution
3574:, United Nations website.
2842:Ethics and Social Justice
2414:, October 2008, pp. 27–31
2232:Perry, Elizabeth (2002).
1968:as they may think proper.
1802:'s 1776 constitution and
1318:The Metaphysics of Morals
1060:thinkers who legitimized
3744:Enlightenment philosophy
3686:Rights of other entities
3128:See Christian G. Fritz,
2774:See Christian G. Fritz,
2101:, states in Article 23:
2068:constitutions since the
1870:Examples as positive law
1479:American revolutionaries
1443:storming of the Bastille
1379:the King can do no wrong
2749:The Congressional Globe
2743:Rives, John C. (1861).
2423:N. Machiavelli (1952).
2121:should be protected by
1591:has noted in her study
1473:The American Revolution
1406:The Glorious Revolution
1254:Discourse on Inequality
1067:In the last chapter of
1054:French Wars of Religion
95:By other characteristic
3473:The Texas Constitution
3331:Constitutional History
3301:Constitutional History
3284:Constitutional History
2663:Revolutionary Politics
2195:Confederation (Poland)
2160:
2139:democratic governments
2127:
2107:
2086:
2061:
2045:
2015:
2002:
1986:
1970:
1953:
1937:
1759:
1659:Martin Luther King Jr.
1539:
1522:
1450:
1422:and replaced him with
1387:
1366:
1293:
1278:
1258:
1237:
1202:
1198:they forfeit the Power
1133:social contract theory
1114:
1084:
1052:in the context of the
926:
895:
854:Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker
849:
769:
3115:(February 23, 1775),
3054:Contra Monarchomachus
2823:Contra Monarchomachos
2701:American State Papers
2697:The Federalist Papers
2680:American State Papers
2678:, in R. M. Hutchins,
2674:T. Jefferson (1952).
2141:can be overthrown by
2007:Constitution of Texas
1973:Article I, §1 of the
1909:have long recognized
1747:
1602:In the second of his
1546:The French Revolution
1481:in the run up to the
1440:
1416:Parliament of England
1361:
1288:
1263:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1247:
1240:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1099:
995:Tribunes of the Plebs
842:
759:
397:Bulgarian unification
73:Counter-revolutionary
3713:Corporate personhood
3703:Collective agreement
3508:on February 27, 2014
3217:William Blackstone,
3186:Christian G. Fritz,
3151:See Marsavelski, A.
3111:Alexander Hamilton,
2825:, iii. 8. in Locke,
2695:A. Hamilton (1952).
2561:The Science of Right
2538:J. Rousseau (1952).
2200:Political corruption
1730:French Enlightenment
1418:effectively deposed
1369:Scottish biographer
887:Andrew II of Hungary
772:The populist leader
679:political philosophy
169:Contentious politics
40:Political revolution
3749:Popular sovereignty
3366:American Sovereigns
3353:American Sovereigns
3256:John Phillip Reid,
3098:(1st ed., vol. 38,
2987:(1st ed., Vol. 23,
2957:(1st ed., vol. 25,
2910:, Book V, Chapter 1
2722:Columbia University
2703:(1st ed., vol. 43,
2682:(1st ed., Vol. 43,
2622:(1st ed., vol. 44,
2614:J. Boswell (1952).
2605:, Chapter 2, p. 274
2588:(1st ed., vol. 43,
2580:J. S. Mill (1952).
2567:(1st ed., vol. 42,
2546:(1st ed., vol. 28,
2512:(1st ed., Vol. 35,
2465:(1st ed., vol. 35,
2431:(1st ed., vol. 23,
2378:(1st ed., vol. 20,
2370:T. Aquinas (1952).
2336:(1st ed., Vol. 40,
2302:(1st ed., vol. 15,
2281:(1st ed., Vol. 41,
2260:(1st ed., Vol. 14,
2018:The preface to the
1686:Michel de Montaigne
1574:Nature of the right
1489:'s political tract
1483:American Revolution
1420:James II of England
1412:Glorious Revolution
1111:Glorious Revolution
1087:Philosophical views
1075:Niccolò Machiavelli
1042:Regnans in Excelsis
981:School of Salamanca
961:early modern period
949:Early modern Europe
934:Livre de Politiques
875:Golden Bull of 1222
859:Another example is
799:After the death of
727:, the kings of the
691:American Revolution
683:right of revolution
638:Politics portal
3734:Political concepts
3672:Self-determination
3558:2013-06-13 at the
3427:2009-07-03 at the
3113:The Farmer Refuted
3092:The Spirit of Laws
3077:(1st ed., vol. 9,
3069:Aristotle (1952).
2979:T. Hobbes (1952).
2927:(1st ed., Vol. 7,
2921:The Seventh Letter
2328:E. Gibbon (1952).
2273:E. Gibbon (1952).
2210:Regulatory capture
2151:Christian G. Fritz
2074:Greek Constitution
1932:ends of government
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2349:Ralph V. Turner.
2319:, Book XV, p. 174
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2296:The Annals
2221:References
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1428:absolutism
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1307:objections
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1157:revolution
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2279:Gibbon II
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1800:Maryland
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