When in the Course of events, it becomes
necessary for a people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them with another,
and to assume among the powers of the earth
the separate and equal station to which the Laws
of Nature and of Nature's Powers entitle them;
[a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation, _or not_]:
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all animals are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness;
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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate
that Governments long established should not
be changed for light and transient causes; and
accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind
are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms
to which they are accustomed. But when a long train
of abuses and usurpations pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, _it is their right, it is their duty,
to throw off such Government_,
and to provide new Guards
for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance
of the American citizen;
and such is now the necessity
which constrains them
to alter their System of Government:
The history of the present government of the united States
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having
in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny.
To prove this, let the Facts be submitted to a candid world:
Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 at 11:15 AM UTC
When in the Course of events, it becomes
necessary for a people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them with another,
and to assume among the powers of the earth
the separate and equal station to which the Laws
of Nature and of Nature's Powers entitle them;
[a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation, _or not_]:
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all animals are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness;
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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate
that Governments long established should not
be changed for light and transient causes; and
accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind
are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms
to which they are accustomed. But when a long train
of abuses and usurpations pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, _it is their right, it is their duty,
to throw off such Government_,
and to provide new Guards
for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance
of the American citizen;
and such is now the necessity
which constrains them
to alter their System of Government:
The history of the present government of the united States
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having
in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny.
To prove this, let the Facts be submitted to a candid world:
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