Each year, on July 4, we celebrate not only the birth of our country but also a powerful and revolutionary idea. 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 them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Citation: Gregorian, Vartan. July 4th: A Celebration of Citizenship. Editorial. carnegie.org . 4 July 2010.