"President Obama, speaking at Cairo University last month, described his 'unyielding' belief that various rights espoused by the founders, including free speech, representative government, and respect for property, deserve global support because they are 'not just American ideas.' In fact, they never were."
Adam Freedman in The New York Times connects the Declaration of Independence to English legal traditions.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
When That New Party Army Came Marching Right Up the Stairs
Labels:
1680s,
1770s,
American Revolution,
Britain,
eighteenth century,
Franklin,
history,
Jefferson,
legal history,
Obama,
Stuarts
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