The correct answer is A) the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The documents would you associate the statement: "governments exist to protect the rights of the people" are the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The Declaration of Independence of the United States was signed on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was established in 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly in the French Revolution times. Both important documents include rights and liberties for the people and can be considered great testimonies of human and civil rights that governments must respect.