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2024-09-28 17:23:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B19582CC890F32C4E75FE77ED3D0F76358A702A821DD74F0B22420309A089B1
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Original Note:
The Constitution does NOT say that. https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-constitution/ https://uscode.house.gov/static/constitution.pdf https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-110hdoc50/html/CDOC-110hdoc50.htm https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution The Declaration of Independence mentions being able to "throw off [a] Government" with "a long train of abuses and usurpations," but "tyranny" is only mentioned elsewhere. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript#:~:text=But%20when%20a%20long%20train%20of%20abuses%20and%20usurpations%2C%20pursuing%20invariably%20the%20same%20Object%20evinces%20a%20design%20to%20reduce%20them%20under%20absolute%20Despotism%2C%20it%20is%20their%20right%2C%20it%20is%20their%20duty%2C%20to%20throw%20off%20such%20Government https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/historical/Declaration_of_Independence.htm#:~:text=But%20when%20a%20long%20train%20of%20abuses%20and%20usurpations%2C%20pursuing%20invariably%20the%20same%20Object%20evinces%20a%20design%20to%20reduce%20them%20under%20absolute%20Despotism%2C%20it%20is%20their%20right%2C%20it%20is%20their%20duty%2C%20to%20throw%20off%20such%20Government https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/rebellion/text8/decindep.pdf https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Preamble%20to%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.pdf https://www.loc.gov/static/classroom-materials/declaration-of-independence-from-rough-draft-to-proclamation/documents/declaration-of-independence.pdf https://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/declaration_and_activity_new.pdf https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20220929/115171/HHRG-117-GO00-20220929-SD010.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/guides/M-654.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20220929/115171/HHRG-117-GO00-20220929-SD010.pdf https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Independence/Text-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence https://portal.ct.gov/sots/register-manual/section-i/declaration-of-independence-us-constitution https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/declaration-of-independence https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/jefferson-s-three-greatest-achievements/the-declaration/transcript-of-the-rough-of-the-declaration/
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