Men and women worldwide, no matter the type of government or lifestyle they live under, believe in the ever infallible natural law, which dictates the rights of a person from birth, and how they ought to be treated until death. History however, has brutally shown us that those natural rights are not always respected- not for the lack of trying. Thomas Jefferson when writing the declaration of independence, believed that “all men are created equal”, but the actions of the country as a whole, shortly after that independence, showed otherwise. That phrase that has forever been imbedded in the American identity, and that to this day, continues to drive the political and social aspects of our society. Unfortunately, a few hundred years since that time, that phrase still holds close to weight nor meaning. …show more content…
His influence on the United States and what it now is, can hardly ever be argued. All throughout his life, Jefferson was an avid democracy- advocate and republicanist, advocating for separation from England. But like many philosophers, his ideas were influenced by another great philosopher, orator, and humanist, Thomas Pain. Thomas Pain, is believed to be the driving force behind the American Revolution and the drafting of the Declaration of Independence that ensued. In his book, common sense, which was distributed as propaganda, he stated “we have it in our power, to begin the world over again”. That statement was the last push needed to instill in the hearts of the Americans, the strength and courage to detach from England and indeed, start their own world over