According to the Declaration of Independence, the government get its power to govern from people that it governs. As the Declaration says, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed.
Answer:
The second one is the only one that does.
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>The rhetorical device which is used in the given excerpt is </em><u><em>irony</em></u><em>. </em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
This is because the author has made use of the history of man and women conflict in terms of the emancipation and the opposition which is faced by both of them. The writer uses the irony that a book can be written on the topic of emancipation of the women and the role of men on the same.