Read the excerpt below from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen, a document that expressed many of the most important ideas that
motivated the French Revolution. Which of the statements that follow the
excerpt most accurately generalizes these ideas?
1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
Social distinctions may be founded only upon the
general good.
2. The aim of all political association is the preservation
of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man.
These rights are liberty, property, security, and
resistance to oppression.
3. The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in
