So instead of looking at his words as statements of America’s inherent greatness and taking a whitewashed view of his life to essentially deify him (and the other founders), let us take his words for what they really are: a challenge.
As human beings, we will likely never achieve the full greatness prescribed in the Declaration of Independence. But if our goal is forever to make America great, and we follow those words of our founding document, we can ensure each step is in the right direction.
