Life and liberty have not been held inalienable under it; the pursuit of happiness has been outrageously interfered with, and the government has been made to exist without the consent of the governed; and exists to-day against the protests of a large number of its subjects.
She argues that life, liberty, and happiness have been compromised under the current government.
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It is well enough to cry peace when war rages, but the crying will not bring it.
It is in the people themselves, and in the fundamental principles upon which society is built, and those which the people allow government to be administered upon.
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