And that was the accepted understanding for centuries upon centuries until they convened in Philadelphia in 1776. And what the founders adopted in the Declaration of Independence turned all that history on its head. They said, We are endowed not by government, but by God with certain inalienable rights. And those rights are natural. Those rights pre exist the establishment of any government. And the purpose of government is to protect the rights that God has already endowed us with. (06:36–06:42)
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Asserts that the Declaration of Independence states rights are endowed by God, not government.
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