rights; that among these are that among these are life,
life, liberty, and the pursuit liberty, and the pursuit of
of happiness; that to secure happiness; that to secure
these rights, governments are these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from their just powers from
the consent of the governed; the consent of the governed;
that whenever any form of that whenever any form of
government becomes destructive government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the of these ends, it is the
right of the people to alter or right of the people to alter or
to abolish it, and to institute to abolish it, and to institute
new government, laying its new government, laying its
foundation on such principles, foundation on such principles,
and organising its powers in and organising its powers in
such form, as to them shall such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their seem most likely to effect their
safety and happiness. Prudence safety and happiness. Prudence
indeed will dictate that indeed will dictate that
governments long established governments long established
should not be changed for should not be changed for
light and transient causes; light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience and accordingly all experience
hath shown that mankind are hath shown that mankind are
more disposed to suffer while more disposed to suffer while
evils are sufferable, than to evils are sufferable, than to
right themselves by abolishing right themselves by abolishing
the forms to which they the forms to which they
are accustomed. But when a are accustomed. But when a
long train of abuses and long train of abuses and