From the idealism of John Locke on social contract, one can note some important parameters that are closely associated with the government and its people. John Locke argued that all men are created equal with natural rights and the purpose of the government is to protect these natural rights. John Locke contended more that the source of government authority is the consent of the governed (the people), and the right of revolution is reserved for the governed.
Thus, from a state of nature men have passed to a state of society, by means of a contract in which they undertake to respect each other and live in peace (pactum unionis). And the second pact comes in, people thus united undertake to