Which quotation from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence supports the idea that the United States is based on a social contract?
A
“Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes.”B
“[T]hey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”C
“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”D
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”