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《declaration of independence》由會員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、WhenintheCourseofhumaneventsitbecomesnecessaryforonepeopletodissolvethepoliticalbands（whichhaveconnectedthemwithanother）andtoassumeamongthepowersoftheearth,theseparateandequalstationtowhich（theLawsofNatureandofNature'sGodentitlethem）,adecentrespecttotheopinionsofmank
2、indrequiresthattheyshoulddeclarethecauseswhichimpelthemtotheseparation.在有關(guān)人類事務(wù)的發(fā)展過程中，當(dāng)一個(gè)民族必須解除其和另一個(gè)民族之間的政治聯(lián)系，并在世界各國之間依照自然法則和上帝的意旨，接受獨(dú)立和平等的地位時(shí)，出于人類輿論的尊重，必須把他們不得不獨(dú)立的原因予以宣布。Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithc
3、ertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness.—Thattosecuretheserights,GovernmentsareinstitutedamongMen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentofthegoverned,—ThatwheneveranyFormofGovernmentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistheRightoftheP
4、eopletoalterortoabolishit,andtoinstitutenewGovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesandorganizingitspowersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffecttheirSafetyandHappiness.Prudence,indeed,willdictatethatGovernmentslongestablishedshouldnotbechangedforlightand
5、transientcauses;andaccordinglyallexperiencehath（has）shewn(shown)thatmankindaremoredisposedtosuffer,whileevilsaresufferablethantorightthemselvesbyabolishingtheformstowhichtheyareaccustomed.Butwhenalongtrainofabusesandusurpations,pursuinginvariablythesameObjectevincesa
6、designtoreducethemunderabsoluteDespotism,itistheirright,itistheirduty,tothrowoffsuchGovernment,andtoprovidenewGuardsfortheirfuturesecurity.—SuchhasbeenthepatientsufferanceoftheseColonies;andsuchisnowthenecessitywhichconstrainsthemtoaltertheirformerSystemsofGovernment
7、.ThehistoryofthepresentKingofGreatBritainisahistoryofrepeatedinjuriesandusurpations,allhavingindirectobjecttheestablishmentofanabsoluteTyrannyovertheseStates.Toprovethis,letFactsbesubmittedtoacandidworld.我們認(rèn)為下面這些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物者賦予他們?nèi)舾刹豢蓜儕Z的權(quán)利，其中包括生命權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福的權(quán)利。為了
8、保障這些權(quán)利，人類才在他們之間建立政府，而政府之正當(dāng)權(quán)力，是經(jīng)被治理者的同意而產(chǎn)生的。當(dāng)任何形式的政府對這些目標(biāo)具破壞作用時(shí)，人民便有權(quán)力改變或廢除它，以建立一個(gè)新的政府；其賴以奠基的原則，其組織權(quán)力的方式，務(wù)使人民認(rèn)為唯有這樣才最可能獲得他們的安全和幸福。為了
