"That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their
Just powers from 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 organizing
its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and
happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not
be changed for light and transient (temporary) causes..."|
What do the authors clearly warn people not to do in this passage of the Declaration of
Independence?