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George W. Bush, Thomas Jefferson, and religion

July 8, 2008 - 12:40 pm - by Roger Kimball
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2008-07-08 13:43:32

It may or may not be that the rights promulgated in the Declaration belong to all mankind. That is up to all mankind. So far the evidence of a universal desire for liberty has been uneven, to say the least. One thing’s for certain, a republic – which America purports to be – does not force other nations to put on the cloak of liberty. A light unto the other nations, yes. Their dresser, no.