From the Quote of the Week file, July 3rd

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, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Go vernment, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
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The United States celebrates its Independence Day tomorrow, July 4 and it is a holiday celebrating the adoption of our Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. According to John Adams, one of our founding fathers, the holiday would be ...

"the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of
deliverance. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows,
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this
continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."

So here in America, tomorrow (for me it is tonight) we spend time with family and friends to celebrate the history of America and the reasons for celebrating our Independence Day! Enjoy!

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Link to The Declaration of Independence...

http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

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Thinking the best for all!