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Quotation from Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms by Continental Congress
“government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind”
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Opening argument (Avalon / Tansill 1927)
The authors ground government in the welfare of mankind, not in an unbounded claim of domination.
Citation: "government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind" — Continental Congress, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Opening argument (Avalon / Tansill 1927). (id declaration-of-the-causes-and-necessity-of-taking-up-arms-q1)
