"We are different because our government and our way of life are not based on the divine right of
kings, the hereditary privileges of elites, or the enforcement of deference to dictators. They are based
on pieces of paper, the Charters of Freedom - the Declaration that asserted our independence,
the Constitution that created our government, and the Bill of Rights that established our liberties."

-National Archivist John W. Carlin, National Archives and Records Administration's 1999 Annual Report


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