The passage below is from the Declaration of Independence.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ...
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...
Which statement summarizes the main ideas of this passage?
Since people create governments to protect their rights, they can change governments that abuse their rights.
The only safe government is one with a system of checks and balances between its different branches.
Without the government to restrain us, every society would become a struggle of every person against every other person.
Although people create governments to protect their rights, once they give power to a government they cannot take it back.