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2、ronlineathttp://www.guten-berg.org/licenseTitle:TheDeclarationofIndependenceofTheUnitedStatesofAmericaAuthor:ThomasJeffersonReleaseDate:October12,2005[Ebook16780]Language:EnglishSTARTOFTHEPROJECTGUTENBERGEBOOKTHEDECLARATIONOFINDEPENDENCEOFTHEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICATheDeclaratio
3、nofIndependenceofTheUnitedStatesofAmericabyThomasJeffersonEdition1,(October12,2005)TheDeclarationofIndependenceofTheUnitedStatesofAmericaINCONGRESS,July4,1776TheunanimousDeclarationofthethirteenunitedStatesofAmer-icaWhenintheCourseofhumanevents,itbecomesnecessaryforonepeoplet
4、odissolvethepoliticalbandswhichhaveconnectedthemwithanother,andtoassume,amongthePowersoftheearth,theseparateandequalstationtowhichtheLawsofNatureandofNature'sGodentitlethem,adecentrespecttotheopinionsofmankindrequiresthattheyshoulddeclarethecauseswhichimpelthemtotheseparation
5、.Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecre-atedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,Liberty,andthepursuitofHappiness.—Thattosecuretheserights,GovernmentsareinstitutedamongMen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentoft
6、hegoverned,—ThatwheneveranyFormofGovern-mentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistheRightofthePeopletoalterortoabolishit,andtoinstitutenewGovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesandorganizingitspowersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffecttheirSafetyandHappiness.Pru
7、dence,indeed,willdictatethatGov-ernmentslongestablishedshouldnotbechangedforlightandtransientcauses;andaccordinglyallexperiencehathshown,thatmankindaremoredisposedtosuffer,whileevilsaresufferable,2TheDeclarationofIndependenceofTheUnitedStatesofAmericathantorightthemselvesbyab
8、olishingtheformstowhichtheyareaccustomed.Butwhenalongtrainofabusesan
