Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Translation: People naturally prefer comfort and predictability, so they will tolerate an unfair or oppressive government for a very long time simply because change is scary and difficult. Human beings rarely revolt over minor, everyday problems. Therefore, because the American colonists finally chose to rebel, it proved that British rule had crossed the line from a minor grievance into completely unbearable tyranny.
—Declaration of Independence, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
