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Special Episode: The Declaration of Independence

Hillsdale Dialogues

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The Right to Revolution

The Declaration of Independence is a far-seeing document because first of all it begins eternally and ends particularly. They look at this list of things the king has done wrong and if you mustn't do those then you're going to need a constitution like the one we eventually got. It's an era of trying to roll back what is essentially lawlessness on the part of administrative agencies. And that's a reason for sobriety. But there is rhetorical excess in this paragraph Dr. Arnn. I designed to reduce them under absolute despotism. Do you think they are overstating the case? Because while there are places like Boston where people are being impressed in their homes in

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