One is that to govern the Philippines without their consent or against the opposition of Aguinaldo is to violate the principle--only formulated, to be sure, in the Declaration of Independence, but, as they say, underlying the whole Constitution--that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.
Reid discusses the principle of consent in governance, particularly in relation to the Philippines.
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