Read the excerpt below from The Declaration of Independence. What does the text mean? How has the writer made use of syntax to pass the message. Cite evidence to support your answer. Use ACE (Answer, Cite, Explain). That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.