It says created equal. And that it is our Creator. Yes, it is our Creator that gives us our rights. See, the powerful thing about that is we're We are the first nation in the history of the world that acknowledged that our rights do not derive from government. They come from God himself. You see that? Those words up there, that motto, it says, in God we Trust, right above the Speaker's rostrum. You know, a previous Congress put that there in the early 60s, in the height of the Cold War. (21:37–21:47)
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Asserts that the United States is the first nation to acknowledge rights come from God, not government.
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