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 In every stage of these oppressions We have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity Which denounces our separation And hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind Enemies in war, in peace friends