How would Abraham Lincoln most likely respond to this statement? The principle of popular sovereignty should always be respected. Every state has the right to choose whether to allow slavery. A. Outlawing slavery in one state will lead to slave revolts in all slaveholding states. B. Slavery is protected by the Constitution even if states want to outlaw it. C. The fighting during "Bleeding Kansas" proves that states cannot be trusted to address the issue of slavery themselves. D. The principle of popular sovereignty only applies to the federal government.