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July 4, 2013 •
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1617
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.
Red, Divided and Blue Fly This Independence Day
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Adam Smith argued that capital for the production and distribution of wealth could work most effectively in the absence of government interference. Such a laissez-faire
John Locke (1632–1704) is among the most influential political philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of Government, He argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, that have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society.
