Obama's Independence Day Remarks

"But our success is only possible because we have never treated those self-evident truths as self-executing. Generations of Americans have marched, organized, petitioned, fought and even died to extend those rights to others; to widen the circle of opportunity for others; and to perfect this union we love so much."   (emphasis added).

 Words worth remembering as a relentless assault is made by reactionary forces to trim or eliminate those rights altogether.