The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration.
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"The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration." — Samuel P. Huntington
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The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration. — Samuel P. Huntington
About Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington was a Sociologist from United States (1927–2008).
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Samuel P. Huntington lived from 1927 – 2008.