"In this preamble however it is, that they attempt to establish a theory of Government; a theory, as absurd and visionary, as the system of conduct in defence of which it is established, is nefarious."

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1776Founding Fathers of the United States of AmericaHistorical documentsUnited Kingdom–United States relations
Original Language: English

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Jeremy Bentham, Short Review of the Declaration, in An Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress, by John Lind (1776), p. 120, as quoted in The Declaration of Independence: America's First Founding Document in U.S. History and Culture (2018), p. 20