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 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, ... as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness ...
Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies, and such is now the necessity
which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the
present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, ...
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, ...
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our
legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: ...
For Amposing Taxes on us without our Consent: ..."
-The Declaration of Independence
Based on the information above, what principle of government best embodies the words in the Declaration of Independence?
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