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* “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.”<br />-- [[The Declaration of Independence]] (1776)
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* “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.”<br />-- [[Declaration of Independence|The Declaration of Independence]] (1776)
 
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* “The '''right of the individual against the State''' has ever been one of our most cherished political principles. The American Constitution has set down for all men to see the essentially Christian and American principle that there are '''certain rights''' held by every man which no government and no majority, however powerful, can deny. Conceived in Grecian thought, strengthened by Christian morality, and stamped indelibly into American political philosophy, the '''right of the individual against the State''' is the keystone of our Constitution. Each man is free.”<br />-- President John F. Kennedy
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* “The '''right of the individual against the State''' has ever been one of our most cherished political principles. The American Constitution has set down for all men to see the essentially Christian and American principle that there are '''certain rights''' held by every man which no government and no majority, however powerful, can deny. Conceived in Grecian thought, strengthened by Christian morality, and stamped indelibly into American political philosophy, the '''right of the individual against the State''' is the keystone of our Constitution. Each man is free.”<br />-- President [[John F. Kennedy]]
 
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