Walter Isaacson: Are these truths still self-evident?
About this episode
Walter Isaacson discusses the significance of the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence.
On the eve of our nation's 250th, Walter Isaacson takes a deep dive into the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It's what he calls "the greatest sentence ever written."
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