Through their reason, experience, and understanding of history, America’s Founders learned that all people are created equal and receive from God fundamental rights. The Declaration of Independence calls these “self-evident” truths.
Today, Americans can and should look back at the same history that informed the Founders. But today’s Americans can also taste the fruit of the tree of liberty the Founders planted 250 years ago. Just as world history and reason taught the Founders that liberty is necessary for human dignity, American history demonstrates for those willing to look that liberty sets the stage for prosperity.
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