What are the first words of the US Declaration of Independence?

When Jefferson wrote his famous preamble, he was restating, in more eloquent language, the philosophy of natural rights expressed in the Virginia Declaration that the Founders embraced. When Jefferson said, in the very first line of the Declaration of Independence, "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another," he recognized the right of revolution.

Source: Constitution Center