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Read the excerpt from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
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.
According to the Declaration of Independence, from where does the government get its power?
itself
a creator
the people
other governments