The founding document of the United States authored primarily by Thomas Jefferson, asserting self-evident truths about equality and inalienable rights as the philosophical basis for colonial independence.
Philosophical grounding of republican revolution in natural rights theory: all men are created equal; governments derive just powers from the consent of the governed; the people have the right to alter or abolish destructive government.
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