Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal

July 4, 2008

Remember What It’s All About

I like this part:

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.

I especially like the part about abolishing government that’s “destructive of these ends.”

Have a safe and happy Independence Day.

One Response

  1. Jason 

    Have a good 4th, Andy.

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