I just walked into the hearing as he was saying that and I almost fell out of my chair. Because That radical and dangerous notion, in his words, is literally the founding principle upon which the United States of America was created. And if you do not believe me, and you made reference to this, Mr. Barnes, then you can believe perhaps the most prominent Virginian to ever serve, Thomas Jefferson, who … (06:05–06:16)
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Asserts that the idea of rights coming from God is a founding principle of the United States.
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