"...Governments long established should not be changed for light or transient causes...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

-Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

Which of the following is the best summary for this quotation?
A.) The security of nations require that the people overthrow the government regularly.
B.) People should overthrow the government for small reasons.
C.) If a government abuses their power, the people should overthrow the government.***
D.) Governments should never be overthrown by their people.

Yes, C.

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, on that shall seem most likely to protect their Safety and Happiness.

C.) If a government abuses their power, the people should overthrow the government.