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The right to govern derives from God's law.
Thomas Jefferson who wrote in the Declaration of Independence said this.
The correct phrase is "We hold these truths to be self-evident,...." The primary author of the United States Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration of Independence.
Self-Evident
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The right to govern derives from God's law.
Thomas Jefferson who wrote in the Declaration of Independence said this.
The correct phrase is "We hold these truths to be self-evident,...." The primary author of the United States Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson used this phrase in the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration states, "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…." also " Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a bold statement of purpose. Modelled on the Declaration of Independence, this Declaration of Sentiments stated, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal."
Thomas Jefferson used this phrase in the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration states, "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…." also " Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a bold statement of purpose. Modelled on the Declaration of Independence, this Declaration of Sentiments stated, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal."
The Declaration of Independence.
"These Truths" the Bill of Rights in the Declaration of Independence
Self-Evident
A provocative, albeit historically ignorant, question. The answer that the near-illiterate questioner has attempted to corral the reader The immortal preamble of the Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that allmen are created equal..." Yet Jefferson himself owned slaves. Gotcha, right?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident..." comes from the US Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was written before the publishing of Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. Given such a fact, as well as the difficulty in translating works and having those works reach the colonies, it is hard to imagine that any influence could have been evident in the Declaration.