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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all menare created equal, that they are endowed by theirCreator with certain unalienable Rights, that amongthese are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments areinstituted among Men, deriving their just powersfrom the consent of the governed,—That wheneverany Form of Government becomes destructive ofthese ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or toabolish it, and to institute new Government, layingits foundation on such principles and organizing itspowers in such form, as to them shall seem mostlikely to effect their Safety and Happiness."The Declaration of IndependenceThe author of the passage above was influencedby the writings of
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