What does the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen say about whom or what has power in a nation?

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Everett Roth

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4 April, 07:56

What does the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen say about whom or what has power in a nation?

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Reed · Answer 1

Regarding whom or what has the power in a nation according to the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen", the Declaration asserts the principle of "popular sovereignity", meaning that is the people, through its elected representatives, whom are the authority of such nation and its government.

Craig Mann · Answer 2

It says that the law has power in a nation.

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