“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.”
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You led me to googling and this led me to this interesting old article. Though do note that this is in the Wash Post.
What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant