Governments derive their power from people's will.
All citizens have a right to participate in government.
Women cannot express their consent to be governed if they cannot vote.
Explanation:
.."government is based on the idea of <em>the natural right of every </em>individual .."
" We assert the province of government to be <em>to secure the people in the enjoyment of their unalienable rights.."</em>
<em>"</em>We <em>throw to the winds</em> the old dogma that <em>governments can give rights. .." </em>This means that they do not consider this possible.
·....governments are instituted among men, <em>deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.."</em>
<em>" </em>Here is pronounced <em>the right of all men</em>, and "consequently," as the Quaker preacher said, "<em>of all women</em>," <em>to a voice in the government. "</em>
"...for, how can "the consent of the governed" be given, if the right to vote be denied." In this part, the speaker makes a point of women's rights.
