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