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I Hereby Secede
by Joseph DeCota

Preface
In these days of toil and trouble, Secession is a topic that seems to
increasingly pop up in conversations and written opinions. I believe
that more people every day are seeing state secession as a viable and
even necessary action to counteract increasing personal oppression,
repression, stolen liberties, and monetary incompetence and thievery
by International & Central Banks, Multinational Corporations, and
the United States Government. According to the Declaration of
Independence, when such conditions become intolerable for the
people, "it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such
Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
But why wait for your state to secede? In the meantime, why not
make a personal declaration of secession? Below is my personal
declaration of secession. I encourage others to make this same
declaration and add or subtract any statements you deem relevant. Or
write your own. Make copies and distribute them widely. By all
means, send copies to your Senators and Congressmen/women and
other ruling tyrants. File copies with the Courts, Counties, and the
States. Publish it in the newspapers. Post it throughout the cities.
May this convey the message that I no longer willingly submit to
their arbitrary rules, and the theft and violence committed against me
personally and against others in my name.
Some will dismiss such a declaration as merely symbolic, lacking
any legitimate authority. By how does it contain any less authority
than a state and constitution that was created by others a couple of
centuries before I was born? I hereby rescind all of my signatures on
government documents since it was achieved through fraud.

Freedom statement: When a government has repeatedly and

deliberately failed to follow its own laws, violated the fundamental

human rights of its citizens, threatened the sanctity of a free press,

created institutions intended to eliminate privacy of communication,
waged war at the behest of special interest that threatens the public
safety, killed hundreds of children with drone strikes, imprisoned and
destroyed the lives of countless individuals for victimless crimes,
stifled economic opportunity to maintain the dominance of the
financial elite, stolen from the people through an absurd system of
taxation and inflation, sold future generations into debt slavery, and
abused its power to suppress political opposition, it is unfit to exist
and it becomes the duty of the people to alter or abolish that
government by whatever means necessary to secure liberty and
ensure peace.
To remain neutral is to be complicit, just doing your job is not an
excuse, and the line in the sand has been drawn between the people,
and the criminals in Washington, D.C. While the crimes of this
government are allowed to continue, a new American revolution is
long overdue. At which point will non-violent revolution become
impossible?
Here is my declaration:
I, Joseph DeCota, a sovereign human being, a free-born individual,
and a child of God/Nature, do hereby declare my personal secession
from the political entity known as these "United States of America
aka. The United States aka The North American Union." Though
reason tells me that this entity has no inherent legitimacy toward
ruling my life (as this arrangement was not created by me, nor
obtained by my consent), I find it necessary to declare this
separation.
By this act of secession, I hereby withdraw any past, present, and
future consent toward being ruled by this tyrannical authoritarian
organization. Any laws, statutes, ordinances, edicts, rules,
regulations, executive orders, or demands issued by this organization
will be ignored as so much verbal static emanating from tyrants
lacking any legitimate authority on me.
By this act of secession, I declare I will no longer consent to being
described as a willing citizen or subject, collectively enslaved under
the rule of the "United States Government," nor its permanently
ensconced ruling class, nor it's corporate Fascist collaborators. I
hereby refuse to be labeled a participant of, or a collaborator with,
the unbridled power of the state over the most intimate details of my

life, and the criminal actions executed by those individuals declaring

to be representatives, officers, employees, or agents of the "United
States Government." Such actions include but are not limited to:
waging war, stealing of my property and the wealth of my labor; and
that of other individuals. Any such actions declared to "be in my
name" or "for my benefit or protection" will be considered blatantly
fraudulent. I will hereby consider myself only as a sovereign
individual, a freeman on the land, a foreigner on the North American
continent, responsible only for the actions I commit as a sovereign
individual.
By this act of secession, I will no longer be a party to the collectivist
"we" used to describe those residing within the geographical
boundaries claimed by some as the "United States of America." I
will no longer be subject to the responsibilities, agreements, debts, or
liabilities, claimed by that institution and "shared" by its subjects and
citizens.
By this act of secession, I will no longer consider my body subject to
the rules and regulations of that entity known as the "United States
Government." Any attempt to force my consumption or use of any
products or services will be branded as illegitimate and ignored. Any
attempt to restrict my consumption of any food or drug will be
branded as illegitimate and ignored. Any attempt to actively apply
such restrictions by this entity will be considered an act of violence
and dealt with accordingly in a peaceful, though effective and
persuasive, manner.
By this act of secession, I will no longer consider my physical,
property (tangible or intangible) subject to any "laws" or regulations
put forth by the entity known as the "United States Government."
Any taking or taxing of such property (tangible or intangible) will be
considered theft and will be dealt with accordingly in a peaceful,
though effective and persuasive, manner. Any physical constraints or
restrictions on my being will be considered an attack on my body
and will be dealt with accordingly in a peaceful, though effective and
persuasive, manner.
By this act of secession, I will no longer deem any restrictions,
regulations, or limits on the use of my labor as legitimate, nor the
taking or taxing of the fruits of such activity. The interference in the
voluntary, contractual associations and agreements that involve my
personal labor will not be tolerated. Such agreements and contracts
will be considered sacrosanct and immune to the dictates and

interventions from that entity known as the "United States

Government."
By this act of secession, I will no longer maintain any allegiance or
loyalty to the political abstraction named "The United States of
America." I will not recognize its "boundaries" as legitimate nor use
their existence as a regulator or hindrance toward interacting with
those individuals who reside outside said "boundaries." I will also
declare no aggressive intentions toward destruction or take-over of
this entity. I will also by this act declare no immediate allegiance or
loyalty to any other present or future political abstraction.
By this act of secession, I hereby declare absolutely no reverence or
respect for that political entity known as the "United States of
America" nor its self-declared ruling body known as the "United
States Government." I will from this time forward view both with
suspicion and as dangerous predators, preying on the lives, fortunes,
and liberties of free individuals.
By this act of secession, I will not automatically obey any
illegitimate "laws" or orders, not previously mentioned, put forth by
that entity known as the "United States Government." Any perceived
obedience by me will be the result of carefully calculated submission
to an entity exhibiting superior firepower.
Any state agents sent forth by the "United States Government" to
contact me will be dealt the equivalent respect and kindness that is
shown toward me by such agents. Any perceived obedience by me
will be the result of carefully calculated submission to an entity and
its agents exhibiting superior firepower.
By this act of secession, I will not tolerate, as a free-willed, freeliving, free-thinking, peaceful individual, any violent, unjustified
attacks on other such individuals and private organizations or their
property by this entity known as the "United States Government." I
will utilize all available time, talents, and resources available to me
to expose and ridicule those agents of the "United States
Government" that initiate such attacks. I will also help and support
any active, peaceful countermeasures to help prevent or overturn any
such violent, aggressive actions against sovereign lives and property.
By this act of secession, I will no longer listen to any speeches,
comments, or information communicated by that entity known as the
"United States Government." All such information will be instantly

declared not credible and subject to verification and confirmation by

reliable, non-state sources. Any verbal or written communication
emanating from this entity will automatically be considered a lie
until proven otherwise.
By this act of secession I remain open to the idea of being ruled by
similar such entities, but such an action will occur only with
unequivocal consent by me and legitimized by mutual contractual
agreement.
By this act of secession, I do not make the arrogant assumption of
speaking for other sovereign, free-born individuals. This declaration
is relevant only to me and not to any other sovereign individuals
known personally to me or related by birth. However, I encourage
other like minded individuals to do the same. I encourage and even
implore them to stand up for their lives, liberties, families and
property. I passionately advise they throw off the chains of bondage
that inhibits, strangles, and even kills them, destroys and steals their
wealth and property, and poisons the futures of all who seek to live
unchained. No shedding of blood or violent extremism is necessary.
Just take the time to officially declare withdrawal of your consent.
Domari Nolo.
Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed
August 12, 2010
Joseph DeCota... a Sovereign Natural Born North American Man, a
Freeman On The Land, a Nom-Resident Alien in US-occupied North
America.