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Mike Johnson: “Our rights do not derive from the government. They come from…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:09

We rebuke it in your name. Those voices have seeked to distort the self evident truth that we know so well that our founders boldly proclaim that the Declaration. That Our rights do not derive from the government. They come from you, our Creator and Heavenly Father. Lord. Just as we humbly sought out your guidance in past trials, we are doing it here again today. We turn to you once again to save us from these afflictions, to deliver us from the forces of evil. (06:09–06:16)

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Asserts that rights are derived from a creator, not the government.

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