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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary
for one 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 God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should
declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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, 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, --.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of divine Providence , we mutually pledge
to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. |
