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Question 8 • Civics and Government

Which quotation from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence supports the idea that the United States is based on a social contract?

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