Conceived in Liberty

"So, here's to the men who did what was considered WRONG, in order to do what they knew was right...what they KNEW was right."
--Benjamin Franklin Gates (National Treasure)

Two hundred and forty four years ago today the document that changed the world was ratified. It declared that all people were endowed from birth with rights to life, liberty, and property that could not be justly rescinded by worldly government. When governments failed to secure those rights, then the people are justified in throwing off that government in favor of better designs.

The effect the declaration had then is the same effect that it has today. Authoritarians and those longing to be ruled by others fear these ideas and will do everything in their power to destroy them.

Thus, a nation conceived in liberty fights an ongoing revolution to hold onto an idea that remains radical.