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Jefferson defined both the purpose of government and the source of its authority: “To secure these rights… deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” In a single document, Jefferson reframed the relationship between the individual and the state, placing

Jefferson began the Declaration not with grievances, but with a pronouncement of truth: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are create equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain Unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the

In 1776, Jefferson was tasked with explaining something unprecedented: why break away from the British monarchy and what comes next? The answer became the Declaration of Independence, a radical document that defined how the power of government comes from the people, that

Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson! 🇺🇸 As author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, first U.S. Secretary of State, architect of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and founder of the University of Virginia, Jefferson is a towering

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