Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes
42. This is another one today by Thomas
Jefferson and it's one that comes
directly out of the Declaration of
Independence. These words are written in
the Declaration of Independence
Let's look at the quote first. We hold
these truths to be self-evident that all
men are created equal that are endowed by
the creator with certain inalienable
rights and among these are life liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. All right so let's look
at this. These truths to be self-evident. 
Self-evident here means to be  very clear.  That all
men are created equal. That they are
endowed by the creator. Endowed here of
course means that if somebody is endowed
with a desirable quality or ability,
they receive it by birth. So you
naturally have it just by being born.
You're endowed by the creator. Who's the
Creator ? The Creator is God. All right and
we really come to realize that Thomas
Jefferson was very very smart to
actually put this line in here. 
Certain inalienable rights. All right  what is
inalienable ? Inalienable
means incapable of being transferred to
another. So you can't transfer this power
to somebody else.  And among these are
life,  life , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.  Also he was  very careful to
choose all the words properly. He didn't
say happiness. He said the pursuit of
happiness too because no government can
guarantee any person that they're going
to be happy. All they can do is try to
set up a place or an environment that
you have a chance to be happy that you
can seek happiness on your own.  So let's look at it we looked at
these two definitions already. Let's look at the note. 
Thomas Jefferson was a genius to put
these lines into the Declaration of
Independence. Remember whatever the
government gives you,  the government can take
away. However by claiming that our rights
are given to us by the creator which means God and
that this power cannot be transferred it
was the best way to protect future
generations. So yeah the founding fathers
were very very smart. They knew what they
were up against. There were a lot of
powerful families in Europe and
especially with the England and the King.
They knew that you know eventually if
you don't do this, even if you America
sets up their own government they will
eventually try to get in and corrupt our
government. They will bribe people. They
will send people to be operatives or you
know just to try to take over. So this
was the way to protect it because if you
said the government gave it to the
people gave these rights the people,  then
of course just like I said whatever the
government can give you they can take
back but if you say God gave it to you
well then the government is not supposed
to be able to take it back. That was the
whole point of it that's the whole
reason for it. 
It was actually very very smart for him
to say this because then the government
cannot have the right to do this to the
people.  It was always to protect the
people. He knew that you know even in his
lifetime you know there will be
lifetimes after him and the only way to
protect the future generations was this
way. Okay I hope you got it.  It's a great
quote. Thank you for your time. Bye.
