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He's retaining a sense of humor: > Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."
by LiamMcCalloway 13y ago
He's retaining a sense of humor:
> Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."
- aqme28 13y agoI loved this line. A lot of people don't seem to understand that our constitution explicitly denotes between rights provided to citizens and rights provided to "persons." Most of the constitution and the bill of rights is worded to apply to persons, not necessarily US citizens.
- LiamMcCalloway 13y agoDon't forget the Declaration of Independence: 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. EDIT: I quote it because it too makes a universal claim