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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Declaration of Indepen- dence of The United States of America by Thomas Jefferson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.guten- /license Title: The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America Author: Thomas Jefferson Release Date: October 12, 2005 [Ebook 16780] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*** The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America by Thomas Jefferson Edition 1, (October 12, 2005) The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of Amer- ica 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 Natures 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 cre- ated 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 Govern- ment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying it