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 pursuit of Happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. ~Declaration of Independence — 1776
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‘The Declaration of Independence,’ 1819, by John Trumbull (photo: Public domain)