What is the best example of a reason a. most importantly, this is your life, not someone else’s, and it is your responsibility to live it b. some goals you might not achieve, and some dreams might always remain dreams c. but when you look back on your life, wouldn’t you rather have succeeded or failed because of the choices you made, not because of some rude thing someone said? d. or would you rather spend the rest of your life wondering what might have happened if you had soldiered on?

I think it's c.

I'm not 100% sure though

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explanation:

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paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."