Obama Sweeps the Declaration of Independence Under the Rug

Julia Shaw / September 13, 2010

President Obama just redecorated The Oval Office. Part of his feng shui includes a new rug featuring several of his favorite quotes:

• “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
• “The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
• “Government of the People, By the People, For the People” –Abraham Lincoln
• “No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings” –John F. Kennedy
• “The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us” –Theodore Roosevelt

Of all the memorable quotes in American history, Obama chooses no Founders’ words for his office rug. There is not even a nod to the Declaration of Independence (“All Men are Created Equal”…anyone?). (more…)