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We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of
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America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the
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Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions,
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do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of
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these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United
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Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent
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States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the
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British Crown, and that all political connection between them
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and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally
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dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have
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full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances,
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establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which
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Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this
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Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine
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Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our
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Fortunes and our sacred Honor. |