Difference between revisions of "Declaration of Independence commented"
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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.''</big> | ''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.''</big> | ||
| − | :There are a few things | + | :There are a few things implied in the first sentence which become more explicit in subsequent lines. |
:*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. | :*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, force is involved. | :::Whenever that is not the case, force is involved. | ||
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