W<\/span>hen, 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.<\/p>\n W<\/span>e 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 to 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 shown 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. \u2014 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 of Great Britain 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 Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Declaration of Independence [Adopted in Congress 4 July 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,7,29],"tags":[489,488],"class_list":{"0":"post-12535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-enduring-interest","8":"category-group-therapy","9":"tag-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness","10":"tag-united-states-declaration-of-independence","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12486,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12486\/real-estate-declaration-of-independence\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":0},"title":"Real Estate Declaration of Independence","author":"Al Lorenz","date":"June 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been a bit quiet on BHB due to some personal issues I've been working through.\u00a0 But, I was very happy to see Greg's latest post on challenging everything!\u00a0 I had a little holiday brainstorm today and wrote a post on my local Lake Chelan blog on a Real Estate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carnival of Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Carnival of Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/carnival-of-real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12048,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12048\/the-greatest-risk-of-resurrgent-statism-is-that-we-will-forsake-the-unalienable-right-to-the-pursuit-of-happiness\/","url_meta":{"origin":12535,"position":1},"title":"The greatest risk of resurrgent statism is that we will forsake the unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness…","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur C. 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