“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation…And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we
mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our
sacred Honor.” –The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United
States of America. Independence from Great Britain was not
hastily or carelessly pursued by our forefathers. Much debate
and continued provocation by a tyrannical king caused this
deliberate step to be taken. Why did they pledge their lives,
fortunes and sacred honor? There came a time when the cost of
enslavement was greater than the pursuit of liberty. We need to
make much of their