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TheDeclarationofIndependence美国独立宣言

WhenintheCourseofhumaneventsitbecomesnecessaryforonepeopleto

dissolvethepoliticalbandswhichhaveconnectedthemwithanotherandto

assumeamongthepowersoftheearth,theseparateandequalstationtowhich

theLawsofNatureandofNaturesGodentitlethem,adecentrespecttothe

opinionsofmankindrequiresthattheyshoulddeclarethecauseswhichimpel

themtotheseparation.

在有关人类事务的发展过程中，当一个民族必须解除其和另一个民族之间的政治联系，并在

世界各国之间依照自然法则和上帝的意旨，接受独立和平等的地位时，出于人类舆论的尊重，

必须把他们不得不独立的原因予以宣布。

Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thatthey

areendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongthese

areLife,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness.—Thattosecuretheserights,

GovernmentsareinstitutedamongMen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromthe

consentofthegoverned,—ThatwheneveranyFormofGovernmentbecomes

destructiveoftheseends,itistheRightofthePeopletoalterortoabolishit,

andtoinstitutenewGovernment,layingitsfoundationonsuchprinciplesand

organizingitspowersinsuchform,astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffect

theirSafetyandHappiness.Prudence,indeed,willdictatethatGovernments

longestablishedshouldnotbechangedforlightandtransientcauses;and

accordinglyallexperiencehathshewnthatmankindaremoredisposedtosuffer,

whileevilsaresufferablethantorightthemselvesbyabolishingtheformsto

whichtheyareaccustomed.Butwhenalongtrainofabusesandusurpations,

pursuinginvariablythesameObjectevincesadesigntoreducethemunder

absoluteDespotism,itistheirright,itistheirduty,tothrowoffsuch

Government,andtoprovidenewGuardsfortheirfuturesecurity.—Suchhas

beenthepatientsufferanceoftheseColonies;andsuchisnowthenecessity

whichconstrainsthemtoaltert