Difference between revisions of "Declaration of Independence commented"
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| − | |HasArticleText=There are any number of explanations available for the Declaration of Independence. A few are noted at the bottom of this page. CW has taken the liberty of adding a few. You are welcome to add some of yours. | + | |HasArticleText=If you are looking for the text of the Declaration only, it is on another [[Page Declaration of Independence|page]]. |
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| + | There are any number of explanations available for the Declaration of Independence. A few are noted at the bottom of this page. CW has taken the liberty of adding a few. You are welcome to add some of yours. | ||
''Text from the Declaration is presented in italics.'' | ''Text from the Declaration is presented in italics.'' | ||
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''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 Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.'' | ''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 Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.'' | ||
:There are a few things to note in the first sentence. | :There are a few things to note in the first sentence. | ||
| − | :*People are connected to a government by political bands - not chains. I.e., people consent to be governed. The | + | :*People are connected to a government by political bands - not chains. I.e., people consent to be governed. The Declaration states this explicitly in the next paragraph. |
:::Whenever that is not the case, when people are chained to a government, force is involved. | :::Whenever that is not the case, when people are chained to a government, force is involved. | ||
:*There may come a time, in the life of a group of people, that it becomes necessary to withdraw that consent - to separate from a government to which they had formerly assented. | :*There may come a time, in the life of a group of people, that it becomes necessary to withdraw that consent - to separate from a government to which they had formerly assented. | ||
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