Political Quotes

“we are fortunate. We are blessed to inhabit a country where freedom is the norm, where popular sovereignty is the objective, and has been since the dawn of our Republic. We are celebrating this year the 250th anniversary of this country, which, itself, was founded upon the idea that all human beings are created equal; that we have certain inalienable rights, among these, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. The consent of the governed--that is the key part. That is what differentiates a tyrannical government--which is to say most governments that have ever existed--versus a government in which men and women are allowed to be free, in which government exists for the specific purpose of serving the people.”