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— Thomas Jefferson"The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man."
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In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most triumphant epoch of its history, and the most consoling presage of its happiness.
— James Madison
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