Posted by
Jennifer on Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:17:21 PM
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.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governmnets long established should
not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience
has shewn , that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right,
it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for
their future security.
Such has been patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.
The history of the present king of Graet Britain is a history of repeated injuries
and usurpations, all having in direct object teh establishment of an absolute
Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid
world.
( portion of The Declaration of Independance)
I grew up watching School House Rock, and admit, without shame,
to enjoying the cartoons, songs, and truths presented in the videos.
There are a few more of you out there....I'm sure of it! God Bless!
The Preamble to The Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,
promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
We the People of the United States