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 abolish it, and institute new government...
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, their DUTY, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
