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, --
Contrary to the yankee warped view of history, the Declaration of Independence does not, will not, and never did hold any legal value. It was a document, well written by a great man BTW, reiterating the American colonies reasons for secession. Nothing else.