Translate this passage from Jefferson's Declaration of Independence into modern English.
Original Text
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, --
Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
