TheUnanimousDeclarationoftheThirteenUnitedStatesofAmerica(中英文对照).docVIP

The Declaration of Independence 英属北美殖民地人民宣布独立的纲领性文件。1775年北美殖民地爆发了独立战争。1776年7月4日第2届大陆会议通过了《独立宣言》，是日定为美国国庆日。资产阶级民主派T．杰斐逊是宣言的主要起草人。宣言继承和发展了天赋人权和社会契约理论，阐述了殖民地人民争取独立的理论根据。宣言宣布，一切人生而平等，上帝赋予他们诸如生存、自由和追求幸福等不可让与的权利。指出，为保障上述权利，人们才建立政府，任何政府一旦损害这些权利，人们就有权改换它或废除它，建立新政府。宣言列举和痛斥了英王对殖民地实施的暴政，向全世界庄严宣告北美殖民地脱离英国，由独立的美利坚合众国正式成立。《独立宣言》第一次以政治纲领形式确立了资产阶级的革命原则——人权原则。 The Declaration, which explained why the Colonies (now States) declared their independence, was adopted by the Continental Congress July 4, 1776. The leading draftsman was Thomas Jefferson, assisted by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.] The text follows below. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America 美利坚合众国13个州的一致宣言 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. 在有关人类事务的发展过程中，当一个民族必须解除其和另一个民族之间的政治联系并在世界各国之间依照自然法则和上帝的意旨，接受独立和平等的地位时，出於对人类舆论的尊重，必须把他们不得不独立的原因予以宣布。 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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and tran