“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 – … 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 provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies … The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States …” the unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of America, 1776
It was not a perfect sentiment; the times when it was written meant “Men” was narrowly defined, for example. Nonetheless: the power of democracy derives from the people and is for the people in which to hold ALL dear.
Use your power.
Out Loud 