opening session of the virtual Summit for Democracy, aimed at bolstering democracies and countering authoritarianism around the world.
More than 100 leaders participated.“American democracy is an ongoing struggle to live up to our highest ideals and to heal our divisions; to recommit ourselves to the founding idea of our nation captured in our Declaration of Independence, not unlike many of your documents,” he said.“We say, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident’ that all women and men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”To Bruce, this was not a progressive step toward inclusion — women had basically no legal rights when the Declaration of.