 Price’s political philosophy is, broadly speaking, in line with Locke’s, but he follows it through to more radical conclusions. The legitimacy of a government (though not of other hierarchical distinctions) stems from the consent of the governed. Whereas in Locke the people have a right to rebel only if there is a breach of the social contract, for Price they retain the right to alter their form of government as they wish. Direct democracy is the most desirable form of government, but in larger states democracy has perforce to be representative. However, those elected are to be more delegates than representatives, subject to instructions from their constituents (P 25).