Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson is a found believer in the human race. He knows that human beings have the ability to do just about anything they put there minds to, including governing themselves. The need for a superpower (like a king) is unnecessary especially if he is abusing his power. People are very intelligent to Jefferson, they have the ability to survive with or without a king.
To Jefferson all individuals are born with certain, "inalienable" natural rights because they are God given and God is the father of all human beings. Among these fundamental natural rights, Jefferson said, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Jefferson knows that people have this urge to want family, freedom, and happiness. It's human nature. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, which among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of......
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