A Founders Quote: Thomas Jefferson wrote the following timely (remember this weeks election) and insightful words into the Declaration of Independence, words seldom taught or pondered anymore, but still extremely poignant: ". . . that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among them are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - 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 (later he says 'it is their Duty') to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundations on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . ."
America altered its government this week.
Source: The Declaration of Independence