"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" is from:
(A) The Declaration of Independence
(B) the Constitution of the Untied States
Easy, right? Unless you're House Minority Leader John Boehner speaking Thursday to the assembled opponents of health insurance reform. While he claimed to be holding a copy of the Constitution. Which he is sworn to uphold. Though he might not have actually read it in a while.
Or maybe Boehner knew he was quoting the Declaration rather than the Constitution. Citing the preamble to the later might have caused distress among the hardcore conservative throng. "Promote the general Welfare?" Eek! And the protesters weren't in the mood for any "domestic Tranquility" either.
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