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susiew
says:
07/04/2006

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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. ........

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susiew
says:
07/06/2006

It's shorter than I thought! And I never realized what a cry it was to overthrow governments that have a history of "abuses and usurpations." Reading this is a perfect way to celebrate the 4th of July.