Which Enlightenment idea is expressed in this excerpt
from the Declaration of independence?
All people are equal under the law.
Government's power should be determined by the
people
"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 to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed, 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, laying its foundation
on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and Happiness."
People are born with natural rights,
O Government's power is established by God.
--Declaration of Independence