The Individual or the State?

As your read the article linked in the posting title above, remember the words below. The words were taken from a document that at one time was considered "great."

...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.