It's also a time to reflect on the great moral inheritance of which every American citizen across every generation has been the humble recipient. That inheritance goes back to the very idea upon which our nation was founded. We boldly proclaimed the self evident truth that our rights do not come from government. They come from God himself. That he is the one that has endowed us with our inalienable rights. That among those are the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (04:30–04:39)
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Asserts that the U.S. was founded on the belief that rights come from God, not government.
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