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What did founders think should be the main purpose of government?
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∙ 8y ago
The founders believed that the purpose of government is to secure the unalienable rights of human beings. Accordingly, the Declaration of Independence states: "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."
Wilhelmine Rolfson
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∙ 13y agoThe founders believed that the purpose of government is to secure the unalienable rights of human beings. Accordingly, the Declaration of Independence states: "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."
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