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We just had an election where 60% of us embraced democracy and rejected nationalist autocracy. That 40% wanted the latter is part of the ongoing evolution of this imperfect but hopeful republic.

America is an idea. A shared dream. One based on our Constitution. Something most have never read…like the Bible. Yet have rather profoundly strong opinions about. As a public service here’s our Constitution…all seven words.

“Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”.

These particular words almost didn’t make it. They were saved from the cutting room floor by Jefferson. A slave holder who valued such things. Dramatically contradictory, that’s us. We’re an imperfect, but evolving republic. The United States of America. The greatest experiment of the Enlightenment.