That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all alegiance to the British crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, a ought to be, totally dissolved.
— Richard Henry Lee, Resolution moved at the Continental Congress [June 7, 1776]
- Richard Henry Lee 1732-1794
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