Rousseau’s social contract theory supported people 's sovereignty where he states, “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau realizes that the equality of the people in a state of nature is very assorted as people freely try to gain an edge over one another. The Declaration of Independence voices that “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.” Democracy has power from the consent of the governed and exists to secure the rights of the people. The power of voice given to the people in a republic is through congress. When Thomas Jefferson and George Washington addressed the function of congress, they referred to it as a saucer and cup. As ideas of legislation are poured out by the house into the cup, the senate cools the ideas as a saucer to make legislation more palpable for the people. With this, the senate serves as a function against the barbaric mob rule ideology created by the
Rousseau’s social contract theory supported people 's sovereignty where he states, “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau realizes that the equality of the people in a state of nature is very assorted as people freely try to gain an edge over one another. The Declaration of Independence voices that “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.” Democracy has power from the consent of the governed and exists to secure the rights of the people. The power of voice given to the people in a republic is through congress. When Thomas Jefferson and George Washington addressed the function of congress, they referred to it as a saucer and cup. As ideas of legislation are poured out by the house into the cup, the senate cools the ideas as a saucer to make legislation more palpable for the people. With this, the senate serves as a function against the barbaric mob rule ideology created by the