美國獨立宣言-開國元勳嘅初心
"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."
（我們認為下面這些真理是不證自明的：人人生而平等，造物主賦予他們若干不可剝奪的權利，其中包括生命權、自由權和追求幸福的權利。）
"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 and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
（為了保障這些權利，人們才在他們之間建立政府，而政府之正當權力，則來自被統治者的同意。任何形式的政府，只要破壞上述目的，人民就有權利改變或廢除它，並建立新政府；新政府賴以奠基的原則，得以組織權力的方式，都要最大可能地增進民眾的安全和幸福。）
"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."
（的確，從慎重考慮，不應當由於輕微和短暫的原因而改變成立多年的政府。過去的一切經驗也都說明，任何苦難，只要尚能忍受，人類都寧願容忍，而無意廢除他們久已習慣了的政府來恢復自身的權益。）
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
（但是，當政府一貫濫用職權、強取豪奪，一成不變地追逐這一目標，足以證明它旨在把人民置於絕對專制統治之下時，那麼，人民就有權利，也有義務推翻這個政府，並為他們未來的安全建立新的保障。）
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