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Yes. Side Note: The Constitution is different than the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence.
When Thomas Jefferson said that all men are created equal, he probably meant, all white, land-owning men are created equal. He clearly did not support the equality of people of African descent (even though, ironically, this quote from the Declaration of Independence was later used very effectively to support the concept of racial equality).
well originally, the committee was of john Adams and Jefferson, but Adams thought (and told Jefferson) that because 1) Nobody liked Adams (they all thought him to be argumentative and unfit, while everyone liked Jefferson who they thought was mild) 2) Jefferson was a Virginian and Adams was not. Back then, everyone looked up to VA as the oldest and best colony. 3) Jefferson could "write ten times better than [Adams]" could. Quote from Adams.
It appears that this quote is from John Basil Barnhill, 1914 and not from Thomas Jefferson at all. Regardless, it is a great quote.
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He quoted from the Declaration of Independance (Thomas Jefferson).
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. What did Jefferson mean by this quote?
Yes. Side Note: The Constitution is different than the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence.
When Thomas Jefferson said that all men are created equal, he probably meant, all white, land-owning men are created equal. He clearly did not support the equality of people of African descent (even though, ironically, this quote from the Declaration of Independence was later used very effectively to support the concept of racial equality).
the quote thomas Jefferson said was " 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 to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
well originally, the committee was of john Adams and Jefferson, but Adams thought (and told Jefferson) that because 1) Nobody liked Adams (they all thought him to be argumentative and unfit, while everyone liked Jefferson who they thought was mild) 2) Jefferson was a Virginian and Adams was not. Back then, everyone looked up to VA as the oldest and best colony. 3) Jefferson could "write ten times better than [Adams]" could. Quote from Adams.
Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was put in charge of the committee to draft the final copy of the United States Constitution. The other men who had much to do with writing the new Constitution included John Dickinson, Edmund Randolph, Roger Sherman, James Wilson, and George Wythe. Morris was given the task of putting all the convention's resolutions and decisions into polished form. Morris actually "wrote" the Constitution. The original copy of the document is preserved in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Jacob Shallus, assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State Assemble, was given the task of engrossing the Constitution prior to the signing of the document. His office was in the same building in which the Convention was held. Thomas Jefferson is the main author of the Declaration of Independence. He, along with Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Robert Livingston, were appointed by the Continental Congress to compose a declaration, but Jefferson did most of the writing.
Thomas Jefferson was a patriot and was a conspicuous personality in the movement towards independence. Also Patrick Henry - his famous quote "Give me liberty or give me death"
The Declaration of Independence.
The quote, "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government" is found in the Declaration of Independence.