When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to establish its liberty from tyranny, it becomes necessary for that people to declare the causes which impel them to take such initiative. For us, that meant the formation and adoption of the Declaration of Independence, (from which those words were taken), the Constitution and the Bill of (certain unalienable) Rights which were endowed on us by our Creator with, among other things, life, the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, and the pursuit of happiness. As American citizens, it is not only a privilege, but a civic responsibility – the duty of being a responsible citizen – to become informed and participate in our liberties; government of, by, and for the people.