Only "The People" have a right to establish government, in any form; and it is also their right to alter or abolish it - as long as its goal is to establish the rule of law (Lex Rex) - the natural rights of man.
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Jefferson stated in the Declaration that people had the God given rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This was not meant to be liberal, but more an idea. Happiness can not be guaranteed and it is up to the individual to make themselves happy. People have choice and according to the Declaration man institutes government to do his work.
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Jefferson thought the Bill of Rights would strengthen the judicial branch, because if there were a dispute that involved a persons rights, the Bill of Rights could prove their innocents.
the rights of the people to alter or to abolish their government.
Thomas Jefferson said it in a letter to James Madison of December 20, 1787. The complete quote is: "a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."