The United States is, by most definitions—or at least in its original conception—a great country. It was an audacious undertaking: a nation of equals, equal before the law, with leaders chosen from among those equals based upon merit rather than bloodline. The only real allusion to divine right is the belief that each of us possesses equal worth in the eyes of our Creator. Moreover, it is our standing as children of that Creator that gives rise to the claim that we possess natural rights, which must be recognized by any legitimate government.

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