by Jeff Thomas, International Man:
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was asked to create a draft for a founding document for what was to become the United States.
In his second paragraph, he said.
“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.”
So firm was the vision of America’s founding fathers that this statement represented their collective belief that the twenty-eight signatories accepted it without any change in wording.