The Best Of Mark Levin - 9/19/26
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What does the Declaration of Independence reveal about America’s founding principles?
It's all quiet in the underground bunker. Doors closed, locks bolted. But the Great One isn't just resting on his laurels. He's making sure your weekend is even better by giving you his best. This is the Best of Mark Levin.
There's a lot I want us to talk about. But I want to go a little bit deeper with you because that's typically why we're here, is it not? You hear me talk about the Islamists flooding our country and the damage that they are doing and going to do. You've heard me talk about the Marxists. I did my show Friday on that, excuse me, Sunday, my opening on that, on Fox. But I want you to know about your own founding of this nation, the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was the most concise, formal statement of what this new nation would stand for. Which is exactly why every left-wing president has attacked it. It's been attacked by Woodrow Wilson, as an example.
It was attacked by Franklin Roosevelt. It was attacked by Barack Obama. They take out relevant parts. They read it by editing it. They're particularly upset with They're particularly upset with this sentence. I want you to listen. I consider this probably the most important sentence in the Declaration. There are many important sentences. We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator. That's the part they hate. With certain unalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Endowed by their Creator. This was the first time ever, ever, that a nation was created based on the Judeo-Christian values. And, of course, importantly, Enlightenment principles, too.
Now, the Enlightenment was basically the 1700s into the 1800s. But I'm talking about Judeo-Christian principles and the fusion of the Enlightenment principles. because the framers clearly did not intend to create founders, that is, a theocracy. They rejected that to a man. But you don't have to create a theocracy. That's not their purpose, which is why they also embraced John Locke, who, by the way, was a devout Christian, and he prayed to God, but he was one of the leading Enlightenment scholars and writers out of Britain. almost cost him his life, which many people, including me, consider very, very important. Now, I just want to make a couple of points to you because I think all of this is, again, very, very important.
And I want to get into it a little bit. I'm not going to spend the whole show on it, obviously. The opening salvo of the Declaration. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God, in other words, the essential eternal truths that are God's, A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires they should declare the causes which impel them to separate. This is profound. This was not just a political rebellion, but fundamentally a spiritual and moral rebellion against what was taking place.
Again, universal moral and eternal truths that undergird just governments. Just governments. Now, you should know, and there have been books written about this too, that as it has been explained, the American Republic was born out of language and beliefs from what they called the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament. Deuteronomy was mentioned more often than any book that was ever cited. Spiritual and scriptural passages from Deuteronomy were mentioned more than any other book or source, period. In speeches, in writings, in pamphlets, the language from the Hebrew Bible
How do Judeo‑Christian values and Enlightenment philosophy combine in the U.S. Constitution?
Stretching back to the Puritan period... Founded the Bay Colony... More than a hundred years earlier... Was used over and over and over again... By your founders... By John Adams... By George Washington... By Thomas Jefferson... By Benjamin Franklin... And by James Madison and others... And others... Now also... Christian moral concepts were used in their public speeches and references to Jesus, also in private letters and political literature, frequently.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does the Declaration of Independence reveal about America’s founding principles?
0:00–5:21
2
How do Judeo‑Christian values and Enlightenment philosophy combine in the U.S. Constitution?
5:21–19:36
3
Why are Islamism and Marxism described as incompatible with American founding ideals?
19:36–30:58
4
What is the new AI and data‑center fear‑mongering narrative and who is behind it?
30:58–46:08
5
Why have Republicans shifted from affordability to opposing data centers?
46:08–52:42
6
How does the discussion address regulation versus deregulation of emerging technologies?
52:42–59:10
7
What role does the Supreme Court play in immigration and citizenship controversies discussed?
59:10–1:03:44
8
How does the episode connect U.S. foreign policy, Israel, and the fight against extremist ideologies?
1:03:44–1:06:08
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