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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,

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That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-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, laying its foundation on such principles sand organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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