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Thomas Jefferson1743–1826

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, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thomas Jefferson on liberty

The Declaration of Independence (1776), Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776), which he drafted

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