Republic of Texas:
WE THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, DEMAND SEPARATION AND SECESSION OF TEXAS TOO DEVELOP AS ITS OWN COUNTRY AND GOD GIVEN RIGHT!
American Declaration of Independence (1776):"Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed... Whenever government becomes destructive to life, liberty, or property [i.e., the pursuit of happiness], it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it... It is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security."
Texas Declaration of Independence (1836):"When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived...[it is] the inherent and inalienable right of the people to...



