“Declaration of Independence”

The first thing that comes in to my mind upon reading these 3 words, “Declaration of Independence”, is the movie called “National Treasure” acted by Nicholas Cage, featured in the theaters last month. In that movie, Nicholas Cage is so called the “treasure protector” and is out there to discover the traces of the treasure. The Declaration of Independence is something that they had to steal it from the museum in order to crack the mystery behind it. That is the first time I am introduced towards these 3 words.
After reading this passage, to me, I think that the declaration of independence is something the Americans wrote to the British to announce independence of America. In the first few paragraphs, I can clearly see that the Americans portrayed themselves as a free will country; that humans are free to speak up and vote; that all men are equal in America; that human rights are well featured. Due to this mind-set, the Americans is proposing a government that is chosen by the people of America and that it shall work under all circumstances as long as it is what the citizens wanted. However, if the government have shown abuses and usurpations, it is the human/people if America to overthrow this government.
One of my favorite quote, “….shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.” This quote simply means that men are a custom to sufferings that men are born to suffer; and if a system is corrupted or what, the system shall stay, whereas it is the men that is kicked out of the form of government. Following, the passage also state that, “but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism…” this line says that in a nick of emergency, that there are unbearable corruptions or what so ever, the leader will hold all the say to overthrow that someone who is unbearable.
I find these 2 quotes very interesting as it reminds me of the French Revolution during the declaration of the human rights and privileges. If I am not wrong, I presume that the America declaration of independence is derived from the French revolution. This whole system of handling a country, appeals to the world that they are fond of doing things in the name of their people and that America is a state that is “free” and independent from then on.
benbasket at 7:58 AM