“We hold these truths to be self-evident” — not self-enforcing

Robert Spencer Jul 4, 2014 at 9:54am human rights 57 Comments

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

These truths may be self-evident, but they do not defend or protect themselves. It is up to those who value them to do that. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration that contains these words on this day in 1776 knew that, and thus “for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,” they mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident-not-self-enforcing

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