It has been frequently remarked, that itseems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct andexample, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are reallycapable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, orwhether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions,on accident and force.From Federalist No. 1We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator withcertain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuitof Happiness. That to secure those rights, Governments are constituted amongMen, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.From the Declaration of IndependenceWe the People of the United States, inOrder to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domesticTranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, andto secure the Blessings of Liberty, to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordainand establish this Constitution for the United States of America.From the Preamble to the Constitution ofthe United States of America
