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. ... We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the...
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What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country.
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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...
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That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, ... We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. (Passage Change) We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America,
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This famous line of the Declaration was originally: We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; Jefferson changed sacred and undeniable to self-evident during the writing of his Rough Draft of the Declaration...
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America marks a declaration with celebration ... July 4, 1999; Web posted at: 10:52 a.m. ... Americans everywhere will take to beaches and city parks, mountain peaks and river valleys, to celebrate the deeds of a group of separatists who waged an eight-year insurgency against what they saw as a tyrannical British government.
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What We're Fighting For; We hold these truths to be self-evident. Let's start acting like it. ... Indeed, it is in rising above these shortcomings that gives hope to the world, establish peace among men and spread freedom to lands that have known only tyranny. We hold these truths to be self-evident. Let's start acting like it.
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The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain w...
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Introduction; Purpose and Directions for Instructional Use ... Part 1; Investigating Special Populations ... We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident: Evidence of Democratic Principles in Our Schools...
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