Jiang argues that Jefferson’s Declaration largely copies Locke: rights come from God, government protects them, and failed government may be abolished.
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Declaration OF Independence
Jiang argues that Jefferson’s Declaration largely copies Locke: rights come from God, government protects them, and failed government may be abolished.
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"...one of the founding fathers, he writes something called the Declaration of Independence. Why is America declaring independence from Britain? And the answer is..."
"...this mean? It means that Thomas Jefferson, in writing the Declaration of Independence, which is the founding document of the United States, he is..."
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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