Read this passage:
“. . . all men are created equal, that they are endowed . . . with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. . . . 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 . . .”
―The Declaration of Independence, 1776
This passage was most influenced by the ideas of ______________________.
Responses
Bishop Bossuet
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke