'As Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, put it, “We have changed our forms of government, but it remains yet to effect a revolution in our principles, opinions and manners so as to accommodate them to the forms of government we have adopted.”
They did not insist that citizens believe in those principles. One could be an American citizen whether one believed in the Declaration or not.'
Thanks Jeff, nice job. Clearly your internet skills exceed mine.
'As Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, put it, “We have changed our forms of government, but it remains yet to effect a revolution in our principles, opinions and manners so as to accommodate them to the forms of government we have adopted.”
They did not insist that citizens believe in those principles. One could be an American citizen whether one believed in the Declaration or not.'