Here's the irony, you know? Irony? Government's job is to secure rights. The government doesn't give you. Yeah, we already have that from life. Come from nature. Nature's God. Right. They don't come from the government, but the government's job is to make sure you have those rights and you get to pursue your life, your liberty and your happiness. You've heard that expression, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Do you know what happiness meant to our founding fathers? What did, what did to pursue happiness. It did not. (03:08–03:18)
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Asserts that rights do not come from the government, but it ensures the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
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