“When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands whivh have connected them with one another....they should declare the causes which impel them to Separation.”
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident,
that all Men 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....”
The United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
The founders of the US, on the purpose of the new govt.
Yeah, but the Declaration of Independence is NOT the U.S. Constitution.