Which sentence from the declaration of independence best develops the idea that people have a right to revolt against a tyrannical authority?
a. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
b. he has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
c. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations.
d. when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]