As the happiness of the people is the sole end of the government, so the consent of the people is...

1. People don’t know what’s good for them in the long run

1.1. "[t]he patient’s right of self-decision can be effectively exercised only if the patient possesses enough information to enable an informed choice." - The American Medical Association

2. No policy can gain the consent of every citizen

2.1. Somin, Ilya. "Why real-world governments don’t have the consent of the governed – and why it matters." The Washington Post, WP Company, 27 Jan. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/01/27/why-real-world-governments-dont-have-the-consent-of-the-governed-and-why-it-matters/

3. Consent of the governed

3.1. "In free governments, the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns.” - Benjamin Franklin

3.2. "...governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." - The Declaration of Independence

3.3. "...no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent." - John Locke

3.4. "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it" - The Declaration of Independence

3.4.1. “Sudan Coup: Why Omar Al-Bashir Was Overthrown.” BBC News, BBC, 15 Apr. 2019, www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47852496.

3.5. Nation III, George A. “We the People: The Consent of the Governed in the Twenty-First Century: The People's Unalienable Right to Make Law.” Law Review, drexel.edu/law/lawreview/issues/Archives/v4-2/nation/.

3.6. “Creating the United States Creating the Declaration of Independence.” Consent of the Governed - Creating the Declaration of Independence - Creating the United States | Exhibitions - Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/interactives/declaration-of-independence/consent/index.html.

3.7. “The Consent of the Governed: Essential Principles.” The Consent of the Governed: Essential Principles | Democracy Web, democracyweb.org/consent-of-the-governed-principles.

4. Government serves the people, without people there is no government

4.1. "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men..." - The Declaration of Independence