“On the night of July 4, 1776, in London, England, King George III made the following entry in his diary: ‘Nothing important happened today.’ Telecommunications would not come into existence until 1836 and no trans-Atlantic cables would be laid until 1866. Hence, he had no way of knowing what had transpired that day in Philadelphia. On that day 56 courageous men pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to support a declaration that read, in part, as follows: 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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” (10/06/08)