Title: Foundations of Freedom

Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/foundations-of-freedom|foundations-of-freedom]]

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The Declaration of Independence is the foundation that our Constitution was built upon.

> //"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."//

There are four fundamental principles found in the above:

  - Truths: there is a right and a wrong.
  - Freedom comes from God, not government. Government's job is to protect the rights God has given us.
  - The only just power of government comes from the consent of the governed.
  - Pursuit of happiness: the free enterprise system.

Our great country is off course, but the Framers gave us a tool that bypasses Washington, D.C., allowing We the People to change our trajectory.  

As George Mason once said, "Are we so naive that we believe that a federal government that becomes a tyranny would propose amendments to restrain its own tyranny?"

He and the Framers foresaw this day. Be part of the solution. Join the movement at [[https://conventionofstates.com/|ConventionofStates.com]].

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