Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and former Gov. Gary Herbert spoke at the Capitol on Thursday to kick off Utah's first American Founders and Constitution Month.
each September during American Founders and Constitution Month, and students are invited to celebrate Constitution Day by learning about and reading directly from the founding document each Sept. 17 — on the anniversary of the creation of the Constitution in 1787.
He spoke of the "radical idea" contained in both documents, that "we, all of us, are endowed by our Creator, by God, with certain unalienable rights," and that "government is then formed to protect those rights, not the other way around." Bennett Anderson waves an American flag during the Constitution Month kickoff event at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
Quoting founder father John Adams, Cox said, "Without the great political virtues of humility, patience and moderation, every one of us becomes a ravenous beast of prey."
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