Bush is wrong, but Democrats aren't correctly interpreting the Declaration of Independence either.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident,"

TRANSLATION: The following things are true regardless if people believe otherwise, as these truths are embedded in the spiritual structure of the universe.

"that all men are created equal,"

TRANSLATION: all human beings are created with equal rights, but they are not created with equal talents or abilities.

"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,"

TRANSLATION: God, short for the creational force of the universe, has created life with inherent rights that are un-a-lien-able, meaning not subject to government lien, or government (or majority rule) authority.

"that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

TRANSLATION: We all have more rights than just life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, such as keeping the fruit of our labor, but these are some of the primary rights. We have a right to live, to live in liberty/freedom, and to pursue happiness, but we are not guaranteed happiness by anyone or any organization(government), or by God or the universe. We are not entitled to happiness.

" — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,"

TRANSLATION: Governments exist ONLY to secure/protect these inherent, unalienable rights. Knowing that government is the exercise of power by some over others, the use of this power can only be just if the governed consent to it. Regardless, the exercise of power can NEVER infringe any un-a-lien-able rights - it can only secure/protect those rights.

"— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

TRANSLATION: When any government denies people these un-a-lien-able rights, the people have a right to alter it, or if altering it is not possible, to abolish it all together and to start a new government that will protect these rights and thereby offer people the greatest opportunity for liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer