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.
For these reasons outlined in the Declaration of independence we declare that it should be fundamentally a right of any state to choose to leave should it no longer be in its best interest to remain in the union
(this petition is an consolidation of other states individual withdrawal petitions