Today's Article
Tyranny is the
greatest threat to both
liberty and security,
and it is our Natural
Right to overthrow
those who would be
our masters.
greatest threat to both
liberty and security,
and it is our Natural
Right to overthrow
those who would be
our masters.
The American Spark
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'We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident...'
By Cliff Montgomery - July 4th, 2008
In celebration of America's Day of Independence, The American Spark is quoting the introduction to Thomas
Jefferson's famous Declaration, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on this day 232 years
ago.
But Jefferson's thoughts must not be relegated to history. They are just as true today as when they were first
penned.
Tyranny is the greatest threat to both liberty and security, and it is our Natural Right--it is our Natural Duty--to
overthrow the regime of those who would be our masters.
Only tyrants--whether in the past or among us today--have ever needed to fear such truths.
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.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath 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 a 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 the 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...is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
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By Cliff Montgomery - July 4th, 2008
In celebration of America's Day of Independence, The American Spark is quoting the introduction to Thomas
Jefferson's famous Declaration, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on this day 232 years
ago.
But Jefferson's thoughts must not be relegated to history. They are just as true today as when they were first
penned.
Tyranny is the greatest threat to both liberty and security, and it is our Natural Right--it is our Natural Duty--to
overthrow the regime of those who would be our masters.
Only tyrants--whether in the past or among us today--have ever needed to fear such truths.
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.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath 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 a 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 the 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...is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Like what you're reading so far? Then why not order a full year (52 issues) of the The American Spark e-
newsletter for only $15? A major article covering an story not being told in the Corporate Press will be
delivered to your email every Monday morning for a full year, for less than 30 cents an issue. Order Now!