And I had a whole series of questions I was planning to ask, but I changed what I was going to say. And I said, look, Tim Kaine just, just made the statement that The idea that our rights come from God and not from government is literally the founding principle upon which the United States of America was created. of America was created. And I said at the hearing, if you don't believe me, maybe you will believe another Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, who in the Declaration penned these words. (07:31–07:50)
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Asserts that the founding principle of the U.S. is that rights come from God, not government.
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