Lincoln was a key figure in making the Declaration a key document in our understanding of our nation. American Scripture makes this case well. Meanwhile, this article is a good application.
Equal rights and the consent of the governed are the principles that make self-government intelligible in the first place. Without them, of course, there are no real limits to what majorities can enact, including doing away with democratic rule... Once "all men are created equal" is dispensed with, once it is no longer held to apply to a certain group of people, what might limit the arbitrary rule of a few, or one, over other groups without their consent? More...
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