Me with this question don't comment on this question saying you wish you can me but you won't because i'm being mean, i have no clue what i did message me to ! 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 to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." the declaration of independence this quote from the declaration of independence is referring to the principle of a) federalism. b) limited government. c) checks and balances. d) one person, one vote.