Rousseau was very particular in the social contract on how the government should be run. In the social contract which was never finished went against the French monarchy of his age. Rousseau believed that government should always be changing. Government should not control it's people but should make sure the people know that they are not alone. To please Rousseau there is no such government exists. Government has not evolved as needed for any governed place.
Machiavelli unlike Rousseau was all about force, the people would always know that the government was there. Machiavelli wanted to rule not just govern the people and he would do anything he say necessary, no matter how unsociably excepted. In Jefferson's Declaration it says roughly that if there is an injustice you should be able to do what you think is right to correct it for independence. When it comes to war, civil disorder, injustice, and death how the Declaration treats them depends on the circumstances. Jefferson in his mind justified the means but everything was equal and can be changed. Jefferson would've not liked Machiavelli's advice. For Machiavelli was about the government making most decisions but for Jefferson people could chose for themselves.
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