Ernie Fletcher Quotes

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different.

Ernie Fletcher

• God
• America
• State
• Human Beings
• Foundational

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  Ernie Fletcher
  • God
  • America
  • State