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May [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President June 24, 1826
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:17:24 +0000

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