A letter from July 4, 1776
From Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security by David Riedman, PhD
January 26, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the Declaration of Independence and its significance in American history.
July 4, 1776 - The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. 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, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long…
People in this episode
Host: David Riedman
Topics covered
- Declaration of Independence
- American history
- political philosophy
- government
- rights
Keywords
- July 4
- Declaration of Independence
- rights
- government
- freedom
- history
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Books & works: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
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