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I, AUGUSTUS HUNTER MASON, HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY CREATION WITH CERTAIN ABSOLUTE RIGHTS, FOREMOST AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
IN ORDER TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTED AMONG HUMANS, DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER, ABOLISH, OR TO INSTITUTE NEW GOVERNMENT WHENEVER NECESSARY, 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.
ACCORDINGLY I, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES, AM HERE ASSEMBLED WITH OTHERS ON THIS FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF THE YEAR 2011, BY VIRTUE OF OUR NATURAL AND HISTORIC COMMON RIGHTS, AND IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT GLOBAL UNION, TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TO PRESERVE OUR FAUNA, FLORA AND THE ENVIRONMENT, TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LIFE, LIBERTY, SELF-DEFENSE AND THE FREEDOMS OF THOUGHT, SPEECH, INFORMATION, BELIEF, EXPRESSION, ASSOCIATION, ASSEMBLY, ORGANIZATION, MOVEMENT, PRESS AND EXCHANGE, AND TO SECURE SAFETY, PRIVACY, CULTURE, HISTORY, EDUCATION AND THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL AND OUR POSTERITY, HEREBY DECLARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A VIRTUOUS SOCIETY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE STATE OF ANTARCTICA.
ULTIMATELY NOTHING IN THIS DECLARATION MAY BE INTERPRETED AS IMPLYING FOR ANY STATE, GROUP OR PERSON ANY RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY OR TO PERFORM ANY ACT AIMED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY OF THESE HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
PLACING OUR TRUST IN OUR FAITH IN HUMANS, MORALITY AND IN A NEW RENAISSANCE OF SOCIETY, WE AFFIX OUR SIGNATURES TO THIS PROCLAMATION AT THIS SESSION OF THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE, ON VIRTUAL SOILS OF THE HOMELAND AROUND THE EARTH, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF THE YEAR 2011.
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