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'''Liberty Bell at Independence Hall''' | <big>'''Liberty Bell at Independence Hall'''</big> | ||
<big><big>A Democratic Republic, a 'Great Experiment' in the United States</big></big> | |||
A foundation of rights, human rights, put forward with and embodied in a [https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text '''founding US Constitution'''], [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights/what-does-it-say '''Bill of Rights'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States '''Constitutional Amendments'''] -- together a Constitutional government envisioning a living Democratic Republic. Ours is a democracy, a republic, a work-in-progress continuing to this day, a heritage worth protecting... The US [https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript '''Declaration of Independence'''] proclaims ... “We hold these truths to be self-evident”.... “all men are created equal”... with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, with rights to live under a government of their own choosing. | |||
We recall a quote of Benjamin Franklin responding to a question in 1787 about the newly announced birth of the US as he left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention: | |||
We have "a Republic, if you can keep it." | |||
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Liberty Bell at Independence Hall
A Democratic Republic, a 'Great Experiment' in the United States
A foundation of rights, human rights, put forward with and embodied in a founding US Constitution, Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments -- together a Constitutional government envisioning a living Democratic Republic. Ours is a democracy, a republic, a work-in-progress continuing to this day, a heritage worth protecting... The US Declaration of Independence proclaims ... “We hold these truths to be self-evident”.... “all men are created equal”... with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, with rights to live under a government of their own choosing.
We recall a quote of Benjamin Franklin responding to a question in 1787 about the newly announced birth of the US as he left Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention:
We have "a Republic, if you can keep it."
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