From the Constitution of Japan We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land. . . . Which of these is a source for the ideas outlined in the Japanese Constitution?

• A. Charter of the United Nations
• B. legal writings of Thomas Hobbes
• C. writings on constitutions by Voltaire
• D. United States Constitution