All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. But almost all say that such is not the case now. But such was the case, they think, in the Revolution of '75.(10) If one were to tell me that this was a bad government because it taxed certain foreign commodities brought to its ports, it is most probable that I should not make an ado about it, for I can do without them. All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us  not have such a machine any longer. In other words, when a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a whole country is unjustly overrun and conquered by a foreign army, and subjected to military law, I think that it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize. What makes this duty the more urgent is the fact that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading army.(11) 



I chose this passage because  it talks about how our country isn't really ours when someone from another country tries to come and make it as their own. This goes for the government who has been raised a different way then come and try to change our ways. Government is corrupt and "bad" but if we see it in their point of view some do try to help the society. in the passage it says "If one were to tell me that this was a bad government because it taxed certain foreign commodities brought to its ports, it is most probable that I should not make an ado about it, for I can do without them." in some way it is bad because the more they tax the foreign commodities the less the merchandise brought to the ports. We live by trade and if we don't reason we would fail. According to Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions "Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it s the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it,and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its power in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness", we have the right to decide whether we want a government but we don't use that power. Many of us,myself included, don't vote but get mad when the government chosen not who we wanted.