The 10,000 Post Thread!

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the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them

 

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a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

 

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WE hold these Truths to be self-evident

 

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that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights

 

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that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

 

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That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men

 

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deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed

 

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that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends

 

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it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it

 

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and to institute new Government

 

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laying its Foundation on such Principles

 

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and organizing its Powers in such Form

 

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as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

 

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Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes

 

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and accordingly all Experience hath shewn

 

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that Mankind are more disposed to suffer

 

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while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed

 

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But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations

 

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pursuing invariably the same Object

 

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evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism