The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | July 4th, 1776 | T. Jefferson

[mark502inf]

It's that time of year. A good review of where we came from and the principles for which we stand.

[Bikers4Bush]

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,"

It's about that time.

[mark502inf]

My favorite part among the lists of injuries inflicted by the King is that he "sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance."

People just don't describe the IRS that way anymore!

[smith288]

It's about that time.

Extremist....

[Huck]

Representative republican government should be abolished? And replaced with what?

[RRWCC]

"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: "

NAFTA - GATT - International Criminal Court

[RRWCC]

"He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. "

Need I say more...

[eyespysomething]

A quote from Ronald Reagan about the Declaration of Independence:

Our Declaration of Independence has been copied by emerging nations around the globe, its themes adopted in places many of us have never heard of. Here is this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights. We the people declared that government is created by the people for their own convenience. Government has no power except those voluntarily granted it by the people. There have been revolutions before and since ours, revolutions that simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Ours was a philosophical revolution that changed the very concept of government.

Ronald Reagan, address at Yorktown, October 19, 1981

[eyespysomething]

A quote from Ronald Reagan about the Declaration of Independence:

Our Declaration of Independence has been copied by emerging nations around the globe, its themes adopted in places many of us have never heard of. Here is this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights. We the people declared that government is created by the people for their own convenience. Government has no power except those voluntarily granted it by the people. There have been revolutions before and since ours, revolutions that simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Ours was a philosophical revolution that changed the very concept of government.

Ronald Reagan, address at Yorktown, October 19, 1981

[RRWCC]

"For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: "

Cuba... The last round of Presidential Decrees...

[eyespysomething]

dang it!! double posted!

[Bikers4Bush]

What we have now is neither truly representative of the people OR republican in nature.

It's a tax and spend self perpetuating liberal behemoth that has corrupted the constitution.

It needs to be torn apart and replaced with what was originally established and intended.

[RRWCC]

"He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. "

Waco ..

[RRWCC]

"He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. "

Not quite to bear arms but many citizen tattle tail committies have been extablished

[Bikers4Bush]

Keep em' coming, you're dead on.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Representative republican government should be abolished? And replaced with what?

"Representative republican government" is what we need, not what we have. Forget labels, look at the way our govt actually operates. Any government that for all intents and purposes recognizes no real limits on its power -- that's not a republican form of government.

[RRWCC]

"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable..."

I think we are still here. We can change it but we will have to MAKE OUR CONGRESSMEN DO THEIR JOB.

[sam I am]

John Hart is my great-grandfather a few generations back, it breaks my heart to see what is happening to our great nation. We must stand up for our freedom.

[eyespysomething]

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent

I don't think I ever consented to any taxes...

[mark502inf]

There have been revolutions before and since ours, revolutions that simply exchanged one set of rulers for another. Ours was a philosophical revolution that changed the very concept of government.

Ronald Reagan, address at Yorktown, October 19, 1981

Very nice, thanks.