Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100704:23:07:00
These are not simply words on aging parchment. they are the principles that define us as a nation. the values we cherish as a people, and the ideals we strive for as a society, even as we know that we constantly have to work in order to perfect our union and that work is never truly done. the founders understood this. they are in that hall in philadelphia as they debated the declaration. john adams wrote to his beloved abigail, he predicted independence would be celebrated from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever, but he added, i am well aware of the toil, blo...