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Thomas JEFFERSON July 4, 1776
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-4t ! i t t 1 z in the :Curse of human events, it becomes t
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necessary for one people to dissolve the political v" h ex--e-
bands which have connected them with another, and to
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assume among thepowers of the earth, theeparate and
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equal station to which thews of 6Iture and of &-
ture's God entitle them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare
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the causes which impel them to the separationC -)We
hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men
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are created equal, that they are endowed by their
1 et v e � �� Creator with certain unalienableqaglits, that among
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c . 5 r� 1 ` the se are Lcfe , (`L .berty, and the pursuit of ppine ss . --
k el i 6 '' "s 7 That to secure these rights, governments are instituted
among aen, deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed,That whenever anyt Form of
Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is
the Right of the2opleto alter or abolish it, and to
institute a new government laying its foundations on
'such principles and organizing its powers in such
° form, as to them will seem most likely to affect their
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(With apologies to Mrs. Baugh, Mr. Holland, and Mr. Jefferson)