This is all true. What the D of I did do was to create useful theory of when Revolution is legitimate, as opposed to when it is simply a power grab by those who have lost an election or lost power through constitutional means.  

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>>> Walter Waddell <[log in to unmask]> 07/02/08 12:25 AM >>>
The Declaration of Independence, as sacred, honored, and highly principled document as it might be, is not and did 
not become "the law of the land".

The "D of I" helped accomplish an act of "supreme" insurrection. The insurrection was, with great luck, successful. 
Thereafter, the "D of I" became irrelevant to and about any specific discussion of the Constitution, its powers, 
its executives, and its governed.

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