- "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."
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- "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."
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