Calvin Coolidge Quote

"If all men are created equal, that is final.
If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final.
If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final.
No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions."

by:	Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) 30th US President
Source:	In a speech commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
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Categories:	Declaration, Integrity, Power, Equality, Law, Individual Rights, Government, Consent, Progress, Jurisdiction
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The 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence would have occurred 1926 ... exactly 100 years after the death of John Adams.  -- A B Hall, Friday Harbor      1
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Actually, the quote is from Calvin Coolidge in a speech commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. http://libertytree.ca/quotes/Calvin.Coolidge.Quote.D53C Thank you, AB Hall!  Cheers.  -- Editor, Liberty Quotes      1
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