passage.
Which two phrases contribute to the accusatory tone of the excerpt?
excerpt from the Declaration of Independence
by Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain fundamental rights, that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish
it.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated petitions have been answered only
by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act, which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. We
have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. They have been deaf to
the voice of justice and of brotherhood.
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