Answer:
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...."
Explanation:
The term "Consent" means "Voluntary agreement or permission." In the passage, Thomas Jefferson (the author of the Declaration of Independence), conveys that governments derive their powers from the voluntary permission of the governed, in other words, governments are instituted because people consciously and on their own free will agree to establish them and give them powers.
