Here’s an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence (emphases are mine, not Jefferson’s): 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.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving [...]
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America’s founding fathers – Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams - had some very wise things to say about taxes and government. Here are several that I think we would do well to consider today: Thomas Jefferson: The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work [...]
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