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When in the Course of Human Events...

The following is a statement that was written by a group of terrorists back in 1776.

"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 power from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destgructive to these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institutute a 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 has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they have become accustomed..."

This radical document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was ratified by the 2nd Continental Congress in July of 1776.

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