(Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.)
作者Joseph J. Ellis (0 评论)
在“开国兄弟:革命一代”中,约瑟夫·埃利斯(Joseph J. Ellis)强调,美国基金会的核心不仅在于宣言,而且还在于关于其解释的持续辩论。林肯强调,国家是基于托马斯·杰斐逊(Thomas Jefferson)在1776年阐明的哲学命题建立的,这反映了对自由和民主理想的承诺。