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The Declaration of Independence for the nation of Wales
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for
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one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
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them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth,
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the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and
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of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions
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of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which
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impel them to the separation.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that most men are created equal,
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that they are endowed by their Creator with certain Rights,
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that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
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That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
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deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
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That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,
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it is the Right of the People to abolish it, and to institute
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new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing
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its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
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their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
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long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;
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and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed
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to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing
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the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
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usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce
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them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
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off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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--Such has been the patient sufferance of this nation; and such is now
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the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.
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The history of the present prime-minister (and his cabinet) of Great Britain is a history of repeated
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injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment
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of an absolute Tyranny over this nation. To prove this, let Facts
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be submitted to a candid world.
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He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary
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for the public good.
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He has forced our men to fight in unjust wars
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He has created mock institutions of government to strengthen his tyrannical role.
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He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
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Uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their
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Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them
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into compliance with his measures.
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He has destroyed the credibility of the lower house at Westminster.
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He has destroyed the upper house at Westminster
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of
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Officers to harass our People, and eat out their substance.
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He has imposed taxes on us without our Consent
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He has attempted to deprive us of the benefits of Trial by Jury
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He has formed treaties with our enemies to impose there rule upon us
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We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them,
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as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
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We, therefore, appealing to the Supreme Judge of
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the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name,
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and by the Authority of the good People of this nation,
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solemnly publish and declare, That this nation are,
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and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;
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that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown,
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and that all political connection between them and the State
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of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;
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and that as a Free and Independent Nation, they have full Power to
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levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce,
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and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may
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of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm
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reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge
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to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
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1st April, 2004
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