The above quotation came forth from the brilliant mind of our Sixth President, John Quincy Adams. Indeed, this Declaration should be taken to heart by not just all Americans, but by every citizen throughout the entire world, because when that Declaration was written, back in 1776, it sent a message to tyrants of all sorts that governments were meant to be instituted amongst the consent of the governed. Thereby, this signified that the government, of, for, and by the people received their just powers to govern, from the people, of which, the purpose therefore of governance is not just for the beneficence of those people, but also as a surety to protect as well as to enhance the people’s unalienable rights.
To understand the Declaration is to understand that our rights are not provided to us by the government, which if this was true, would signify that the government would thereby have the right to add to or to subtract from those rights, but rather our unalienable rights are gifted to us by our Creator, and therefore no legitimate government has the right to take away or to diminish our unalienable rights, for instead the purpose of good governance is to be in alignment with those unalienable rights and therefore as our government, to do its fair part to see that our unalienable rights are not infringed upon and thereby to be a bulwark for us in the protection of those rights, which is why we as a people, have joined together in a sacred compact, to begin with.
The greatest nation to live under is that nation which is truest to that Declaration, which signifies that such a nation as that is not going to be limited to just the United States of America, but rather the enlightenment of that Declaration is available to all nation-states, which is thus best demonstrated by those that are true to the principles of that Declaration. After all, it is well to remember that words alone are never going to be enough to secure our rights, for we find that it is in the everyday actions and the interactions that we contend with, along with the construct that we live under, that determine whether or not our government is in accordance with that Declaration or has abandoned or modified such, to thus take away that which is fundamentally ours to begin with.
We, as a people, and we as individuals, have fundamental human rights, contained not just within the unalienable rights so gifted to us, but also as seen implemented by the rules of the road as legislated and enforced by our governance which need to adhere to those principles which take into full account that we are all created equally, which signifies that our government should not be a respecter of any citizen, but rather that each citizen should be accorded the same rights, without favoritism displayed to one sect over another, and further to the point, without discrimination against the other, because each of us is equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.