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(3,411 posts)"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."
And then it stated: "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
This country was founded on the ideal that people have RIGHTS to LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, and that Government's role was to secure us these rights
SMALL GOVERNMENT MY ASS
Fuck the Republicans who say that we are ENTITLED, that we expect too much from government, our country was founded based on the idea that we have certain rights, including the right to be able to attain a good life, and that government's role should be to help us secure these things.