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 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one 
people to dissolve the political bands which read more 
 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.
 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--That to secure these Rights, Governments 
are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the 
the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of 
Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of 
the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new 
Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and 
and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem 
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . . 
 I take to-day a wife, and my election
 Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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 I take to-day a wife, and my election
 Is led on in the conduct of my will--
  My will enkindled my by mine and ears
   Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
    Of will and judgment. 
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.
 Our wills are ours, we know not how;
 Our wills are ours, to make them thine.  
 Our wills are ours, we know not how;
 Our wills are ours, to make them thine. 
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they that make their wills read more
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent. •Spanish Proverb Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what read more
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.