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By Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
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- Declaration of Sentiments, in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1, July 19, 1848 · Declaration of Sentiments, p. 70
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- Internet Archive (University of Toronto scan of History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1, Rochester: Susan B. Anthony)
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From the Declaration of Sentiments, adopted by the Seneca Falls Convention, July 19–20, 1848, and drafted mainly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This is the text as printed in the History of Woman Suffrage, which Stanton co-edited with Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage.