. Therefore, the people, as part of the social contract, have a duty to obey the laws instituted by government and to accept the concept of majority rule as fundamental to the continued equality of the society. In consenting to political authority, men agree to allow the "body with the greater force" to influence policy(769). Men must have confidence in the proper functioning of government because they rely on the social compact. Their obligation is to abide by the terms of the compact so that both people and government enjoy smooth sailing. Locke also explores the idea of revolution and insists that the people who have created government with unanimous consent in order to preserve their property and safety should not be betrayed by the very institutions they gave birth to. So Locke states that if any of the three powers in government make a move "to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power" then the people are no longer expected to obey the political authority(807). If the government is gu
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