Which of the following is a principle that Jefferson asserted in the Declaration of Independence?
The right to elect people to legislative assemblies as a protection against executive abuses.
Laws of nature and God are higher than any man-made laws.
The government should be separated into three separate branches to avoid abuses,
All governments by men will eventually become tyrannical.
whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new gov- ernment, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect [bring about] their safety and happiness.
