New Mexico's Struggle for Statehood —— Sixty Years of Effort to Obtain Self Government

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ISBN: 9781333293673 出版年：2016 页码：137 L Bradford Prince Forgotten Books

Self-government is the fundamental principle of a Re public; pre-eminently of the American Republic. It is the keynote of the Declaration of Independence, and the foundation of the Constitution. Governments derive their just powers from the con sent of the governed.