Which of the following quotes from the Declaration of Independence best reflects the concept of popular sovereignty?

A. "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation"

B. "these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown"

C. "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"

D. "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"