Monday, July 04, 2005

Independence Day

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 Full Text

2 comments:

Jo said...

Oh! Yes! another patriotic blogger! I am SOOOO resonating with this document. I just posted about it on my blog too! happy fourth.

matthew said...

Thanks Jo

There is a methodist camp a couple hundred yards behind our house and they had fireworks this year, so i didn't even have to leave the deck