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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,
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 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.
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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
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The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. timesheraldonline.com/2019/04/23/com…
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/04/13/mar…
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/otisrt…
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/otisrt…
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/t…
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/t…
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: facebook.com/groups/8333172…
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: nytimes.com/2019/03/31/us/…
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. mercurynews.com/2019/06/15/val…
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. timesheraldonline.com/2019/02/11/val…
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages,
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. timesheraldonline.com/2019/05/15/ten…
A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
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