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It took nearly a month to write the Declaration. You may know that Thomas Jefferson was the primary author, but he had help, too.
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4th of July
American History
War of Independence
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty Excellent share. I suggest that Jefferson met his goals, and Adams nailed it in appreciation of its "high tone and the flights of oratory".
I learned from foreign student during college years that the Declaration of Independence is inspiring to people worldwide for those very reason. The same people wondered why Americans did not seem to value the freedoms with which we are empowered to be able to participate in self governing because freedom is a "be vigilant, use it or lose" it type situation.
I learned from foreign student during college years that the Declaration of Independence is inspiring to people worldwide for those very reason. The same people wondered why Americans did not seem to value the freedoms with which we are empowered to be able to participate in self governing because freedom is a "be vigilant, use it or lose" it type situation.
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
As is often attributed to Jefferson, "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." It actually appears to have originated with Irish Orator John Curran who said in a 1790 speech, “The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.” Regardless, it remains most true.
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