My (your) Personal Declaration of Independence

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.

Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.

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 Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Such has been the patient sufferance of myself and many others; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present Rulers of Many Western States is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over myself and any men of this State. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

I, therefore, do, in the Name, and by my own Authority, solemnly publish and declare, That I am, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent; that I am Absolved from all Allegiance to any Ruler and State, and that all political connection between myself and any System of Government, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent Person, I have full Power to live my life any way I see fit, respecting the Freedom and Independence of other people, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent Persons may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, I pledge my Live, my Fortunes and my sacred Honor.

    Please sign this declaration with anything you like and share it with your friends! Your signature will be stored as an image on our webserver, together with the name you entered in the form. We will publish all names and signatures in the near future when we have enough signatures to publish.

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *