Gerald Ford actually said...

Let us do so, as they did, with firm reliance on the protection of divine providence.

The act of independence, the actual separation of colonies and Crown, took place 200 years ago today.

The great promise of the Declaration requires far more than the patriot sacrifices of the American Revolution.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are cited as being among the most precious endowments of the Creator--but not the only ones.