Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness - The U.S.A

Historical Contextualization
In the middle to late 1700's, the governmental and economical strain was so strong that it moved the leaders of the thirteen original colonies to action - drastic action, courageous action - unparalleled in the history of the United States of America. They understood that "all men are created equal" and that each has the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Under the reign of the wicked King George III, the global power Great Britain was determined to control the colonies of the Americas and hold them under their jurisdiction. The brutal and unfair treatment of British armies on the colonies moved the prominent men of U.S. History to action, not passive resignation. They were determined to stand up for what they believed in, or die trying. We as citizens of the United States of America have them to thank for the freedoms we enjoy now, and must uphold the ideas and principles preserved in the Declaration of Independence.
No, we don't have a wicked king at the head of a monarchy, but we have a world of declining values, when the constitution and everything it stands for is hanging by a thread; and we have public officials acting in defiance of the very rights those men fought to protect. If we don't want to fall into the depression and captivity that haunted the forefathers of our country, we must continue to fight for the same things they did. As John Hancock so beautifully put it:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

We are constantly fighting the same battle for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." We must be strong like the forefathers of our nation in defending what we believe is right, and in acting in accordance with "the Laws of Nature" and "Nature's God". The time is quickly approaching that a moment such as the ones that prompted the Declaration of Independence will be necessary for our country; for if we fail to fight as did our forefathers, we will find ourselves trapped in captivity - possibly by our own selves.