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The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition By Which They Have Assumed And Maintained, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonization By Any European Powers.

There Is A Price Tag On Human Liberty. That Price Is The Willingness To Assume The Responsibilities Of Being Free Men. Payment Of This Price Is A Personal Matter With Each Of Us.

In A Representative Republic, The Education Of Our Children Must Be Of The Utmost Importance!

While We Assert For Ourselves A Freedom To Embrace, To Profess, And To Observe, The Religion Which We Believe To Be Of Divine Origin, We Cannot Deny An Equal Freedom To Them Whose Minds Have Not Yielded To The Evidence Which Has Convinced Us.

The Liberty, Prosperity, And The Happiness Of Our Country Will Always Be The Object Of My Most Fervent Prayers To The Supreme Author Of All Good.