CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 4, 2022
ON THE 246TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, HEAR THE WORDS OF CALVIN COOLIDGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATION’S 150TH BIRTHDAY: “It was not because (THE DECLARATION) was proposed to establish a new nation, but because it was proposed to establish a nation on new principles, that July 4, 17756 has come to be regarded as one of the greatest days in history…
Three very definite propositions were set out in its preamble. These were the doctrine that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, and the source of the just powers of government must be derived from the consent of the governed.
“No one can examine this record and escape the conclusion that in the great outline of its principles the Declaration was the result of the religious teachings of the preceding period…A spring will cease to flow if its source be dried up; a tree will wither if its roots be destroyed. In its main features the Declaration is a great spiritual document…Unless the faith of the American people in these religious convictions is to endure, the principles of our Declaration will perish. We cannot continue to enjoy the result if we neglect and abandon the cause.”
ENOUGH SAID. I’M CAL THOMAS.
