When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course. (1) With the phrase “respect . . . requires,” from paragraph 1, Stanton appeals to which of the following values? E2021
A. faith
B. liberty
C. honor
D. security
E. patriotism