Which philosopher said the government was meant to be servants of the people?

Question: Which philosopher said the government was meant to be servants of the people!?

I'm not sure whether there was a particular person who said this!. I'm thinking it could be Jefferson or Hobbes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Hobbes said that the ruler was there for the sake of the people, not vice-versa!.

I haven't got the text handy, so I can't give a chapter and paragraph reference, but it's in 'Leviathan'!.

He was not the first to say something similar!. Plato said it in 'The Republic' and it was a commonplace of mediaeval Christian thought!.

Hobbes however discusses the basis of political authority and the implied contract between ruler and ruled in a depth and from a viewpoint totally new in his day!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think Monty Python said it best when they said:

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant, Who was very rarely stable!.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table!.

David Hume could out consume Schopenhauer and Hegel;

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine, Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel!.!.!.

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist, Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed!.!.!.

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill

Plato they say, could stick it away, Half a crate of whiskey every day!

Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle, Hobbes was fond of his dram--

And René Descartes was a drunken fart: I drink, therefore I am!.

Yes, Socrates, himself, is particularly missed-- A lovely little thinker, But a bugger when he's pissed!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hobbes could have possibly influenced the founding fathers including Jefferson on this idealWww@QuestionHome@Com