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What greater "Holy Grail of Democracy" than The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson? I offer you all a portion of that document, the listings of the grievances against King George of England:
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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:...
Imagine that you live in a foreign country where the US has decided to intervene in the internal affairs of your nation. Where is the difference between George III of England and George II of the United States?
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