Declaració d'Independència dels Estats Units d'Amèrica: diferència entre les revisions

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La '''{{w|Declaració d'Independència dels Estats Units d'Amèrica}}''' és un document adoptat el 4 de juliol de 1776 pel qual les Tretze Colònies britàniques d'Amèrica del Nord se segregaven del Regne Unit i esdevenien independents, proclamant llur voluntat de constituir-se en els Estats Units d'Amèrica. [[Thomas Jefferson]] escriguè l'esborrany del document i se'l considera el principal redactor de la Declaració d'Independència.

[[Fitxer:Yale Dunlap Broadside.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Declaració d'Independència dels Estats Units d'Amèrica|Considerem com a evidents aquestes veritats: que tots els homes són creats iguals; que són dotats pel seu Creador de certs Drets inalienables; que entre aquests drets hi ha el dret a la [[Vida]], a la [[Llibertat]] i a la recerca de la [[Felicitat]].]]

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| original = 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.

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| original = That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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| original = 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, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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| original = 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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| original = A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

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| original = In the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved.

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