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Saturday, November 05, 2005

From the Declaration of Independence

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.--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.

1 Comments:

ednev said...

it is difficult to imagine how no one has noticed that abortion is not only against God's law:"do not kill". it is against the first and most foundational right found in our United States Constitution: "all men are created equal, and have inalienable rights to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." there can be no liberty nor pursuit of happiness without
the first and most foundational of all rights:
LIFE.

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