Sons of Liberty (TV Mini Series)

Independence (2015)

Jason O'Mara: George Washington

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• George Washington : [Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson]  When in the course of human events It becomes necessary for one people to dissolve The political bands which have connected them with another, A decent respect requires that they declare the causes which impel them to the separation. 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, and among these, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. And 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 establish new government. We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, do, and with the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved of all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved. In the support of this declaration, with a firm alliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortune, and our sacred honor!