The words speak for us

Declaration of Independence

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. 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.

…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….

He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.

He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:

• For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us;

• For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states;

• For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury;

• For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses;

• For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments;

• For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

A prince [or president], whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

We re-dedicate ourselves to these principles, and to the work necessary to ensure our beloved community lives up to them.

Read the entire Declaration here: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Independence/Text-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence