Use this excerpt from 1789's the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen along with the excerpts from the Declaration of Independence to answer the question.
The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man, in order that this declaration, being constantly before all the members of the Social body, shall remind them continually of their rights and duties; in order that the acts of the legislative power, as well as those of the executive power, may be compared at any moment with the objects and purposes of all political institutions and may thus be more respected, and, lastly, in order that the grievances of the citizens, based hereafter upon simple and incontestable principles, shall tend to the maintenance of the constitution and redound to the happiness of all.
Which statement of theme BEST matches both works?
A) All people should rise up and fight for social harmony.
B) All people should unite under one king to rule everyone.
C) All people have rights and all people deserve to be happy.
D) All people should take care of themselves and no one else.