1776: 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, 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. 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, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. U.S. Declaration of Independence 1886: No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. - 14th Amendment, U.S. Constitution, 1868 law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxi 2014: It should be self-evident. But our history, sadly, requires us to say that black lives matter. — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, tonight. When our fellow citizens, our brothers, sons, fathers and neighbors, can be deprived of life and liberty without due process, the arc of the moral universe has not bent all of the way towards justice.
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