Поэтическим языком выражена главная идея народной свободы - "consent of the governed".
"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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." (1776)
Единогласно принятая резолюция Сената США:
Designating April 6 of each year as "National Tartan Day" to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish Americans to the United States. Whereas April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and especially those Americans of Scottish descent, because the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, was signed on April 6, 1320 and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled on that inspirational document; Whereas this resolution honors the major role that Scottish Americans played in the founding of this Nation, such as the fact that almost half of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent, the Governors in 9 of the original 13 States were of Scottish ancestry, Scottish Americans successfully helped shape this country in its formative years and guide this Nation through its most troubled times... https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-resolution/155/text
Declaration of Arbroath (1320) about Robert the Bruce, the king of Scotland:
"Him, too, divine providence, the succession to his right according to our laws and customs which we shall maintain to the death, and the due consent and assent of us all have made our prince and king. To him, as to the man by whom salvation has been wrought unto our people, we are bound both by his right and by his merits that our freedom may be still maintained, and by him, come what may, we mean to stand. Yet if he should give up what he has begun, seeking to make us or our kingdom subject to the King of England or the English, we should exert ourselves at once to drive him out as our enemy and a subverter of his own right and ours, and make some other man who was well able to defend us our King; for, as long as a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be subjected to the lordship of the English. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself." https://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/WarsOfIndependence/Unit09DeclarationOfArbroath.asp
«З ласки бога й народу обраний, Наш королю! вітаєм тебе! Ми підданими влади твоєї Признаємо охоче себе. Коли ти боронитимеш волю Й самостійність народу твого, Ми повік шанувать тебе будем І любити, як друга свого. Ти кликнеш на війну, ми зберемось Під твою корогву всі гуртом, Ми готові тобі і країні Послужити мечем і щитом. Та коли ти забудеш про справу Честі й волі народу свого, Схочеш інші, багатшії землі Прилучати до панства твого, Ми не підем тоді за тобою, Щоб чужого добра здобувать, Нам не тісно у рідній країні, Нам не треба в чужу мандрувать! Коли ти серед панських розкошів Продаватимеш люд свій панам, Ми самі боронити потрапим Ті права, що належаться нам. А коли ти англійській короні Віддаси королівство своє, – Знай, що в тую ганебну годину Пропаде й панування твоє. Ми тебе королем увінчали, Ми тебе й розвінчаєм сами, І коли проти нас ти повстанеш, Проти тебе повстанемо ми... https://www.l-ukrainka.name/uk/Poems/RobertBruce.html
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"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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." (1776)
Единогласно принятая резолюция Сената США:
Designating April 6 of each year as "National Tartan Day" to
recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made by
Scottish Americans to the United States.
Whereas April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and especially
those Americans of Scottish descent, because the Declaration of
Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, was signed on April
6, 1320 and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled on that
inspirational document;
Whereas this resolution honors the major role that Scottish Americans played in
the founding of this Nation, such as the fact that almost half of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent, the
Governors in 9 of the original 13 States were of Scottish ancestry,
Scottish Americans successfully helped shape this country in its
formative years and guide this Nation through its most troubled times...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-resolution/155/text
Declaration of Arbroath (1320) about Robert the Bruce, the king of Scotland:
"Him, too, divine providence, the succession to his right according to our laws and customs which we shall maintain to the death, and the due consent and assent of us all have made our prince and king. To him, as to the man by whom salvation has been wrought unto our people, we are bound both by his right and by his merits that our freedom may be still maintained, and by him, come what may, we mean to stand.
Yet if he should give up what he has begun, seeking to make us or our kingdom subject to the King of England or the English, we should exert ourselves at once to drive him out as our enemy and a subverter of his own right and ours, and make some other man who was well able to defend us our King; for, as long as a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be subjected to the lordship of the English. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
https://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/WarsOfIndependence/Unit09DeclarationOfArbroath.asp
«З ласки бога й народу обраний,
Наш королю! вітаєм тебе!
Ми підданими влади твоєї
Признаємо охоче себе.
Коли ти боронитимеш волю
Й самостійність народу твого,
Ми повік шанувать тебе будем
І любити, як друга свого.
Ти кликнеш на війну, ми зберемось
Під твою корогву всі гуртом,
Ми готові тобі і країні
Послужити мечем і щитом.
Та коли ти забудеш про справу
Честі й волі народу свого,
Схочеш інші, багатшії землі
Прилучати до панства твого,
Ми не підем тоді за тобою,
Щоб чужого добра здобувать,
Нам не тісно у рідній країні,
Нам не треба в чужу мандрувать!
Коли ти серед панських розкошів
Продаватимеш люд свій панам,
Ми самі боронити потрапим
Ті права, що належаться нам.
А коли ти англійській короні
Віддаси королівство своє, –
Знай, що в тую ганебну годину
Пропаде й панування твоє.
Ми тебе королем увінчали,
Ми тебе й розвінчаєм сами,
І коли проти нас ти повстанеш,
Проти тебе повстанемо ми...
https://www.l-ukrainka.name/uk/Poems/RobertBruce.html