Declaration of
Legitimate Government
[With paraphrasing from The Declaration of Independence
and The Gettysburg Address]
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF
EVIDENT,
that all people are created equal, that they are
endowed by virtue of their humanity with certain inalienable
rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments may be
instituted by people, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the Governed; That whenever any Form of
Government becomes destructive to these ends it is the Right
of the People — indeed it is the Duty of the People — to
alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying
its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in
such form, that to them shall seem most likely to insure their
Safety, Liberty, and Happiness;
That
fundamental to the establishment and protection of such
Government are the guaranteed rights of free speech and public
assembly — including the freedom from persecution or
discrimination for holding or expressing political, social, or
religious views when such views are expressed peacefully;
That
the only legitimate government of any people or any
nation is government of the People, by the People, and for
the People, which honorably strives to promote and observe
the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights as, adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly on December 10, 1948;
Further, that any legitimate government when called
upon to do so shall be willing to publicly state and stand by
these principles in order to identify itself as a legitimate
government of People.
From
: The Answer by Mark A. Goldman
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July 4, 2011 (Hold down
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