1、"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." - from the United States Declaration of Independence.
2、"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." - also from the United States Declaration of Independence.
3、"We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Democratic Republic, and to secure to all its citizens: Justice, social, economic and political; Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; Equality of status and of opportunity." - from the Preamble to the Constitution of India.
4、"We, the representatives of the people of the Philippines, assembled in constitutional convention, do hereby promulgate this constitution." - from the Preamble to the Constitution of the Philippines.
5、"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights、They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." - Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
