We hold these truths to be tweeted: The Declaration of Independence, if it had been tweeted out.
Found in the twitter archives from July 4, 1776:
- independence would be a good idea. #independencenow http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The government should not mess with our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. #abolishgov http://bit.ly/usdoi
- No one’s above the law #kinggeorge #fail #iblame http://bit.ly/usdoi
- He’s neglecting us #kinggeorge #fail #omgthatssotrue http://bit.ly/usdoi
- He wants us to give up our rights in exchange for help #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Tweetup was too far #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Our friends were pushed out #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- No representation for us #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The king’s stealing our money and not letting us run things #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Judicial representation now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop gov corruption #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop gov abuse #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Why is there an army on my street? #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Why is the military not independent? #kinggeorge #fail #gov20 http://bit.ly/usdoi
- England armies out of colonies now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- stop english army abuse now #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- let our markets be free #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Stop english taxes in the colonies #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We want juries of our peers #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Don’t change jurisdictions on us #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We are not Canada #kinggeorge #fail #blamecanada http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Give us our laws and charters back!!! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Give us our legislature back!!! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- You want war? Then we quit! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Say not to death and destruction #kinggeorge #fail #dead http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Mercenaries out of the colonies now! #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Friends should not be forced to turn on friends #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- The king’s not fostering law and order #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We’ve tried talking this out but he won’t listen #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- We called, we wrote and only received insults as replies #kinggeorge #fail http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Our friends in the UK also tried but no one listened so war it is #politics #uk http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Independence now #politics #tweetup #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi
- Let’s hope this works out #gousa http://bit.ly/usdoi