This is an excerpt 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 among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 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, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely
to effect their safety and happiness.
The shaded phrase in this excerpt was most influenced by which Enlightenment thinker?
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
