All Posts Tagged With: "Declaration of Independence"

Benjamin Franklin: The Man Who Invented the American Dream

Benjamin Franklin pioneered the spirit of self-help in America. With less than three years of formal schooling, he taught himself almost everything he knew. He took the initiative of learning French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He taught himself how to play the guitar, violin, and harp. He made himself an influential author and editor. He started a successful printing business, newspaper, and magazine. He developed a network of printing partnerships throughout the American colonies.

1Apr1997 | | 9 comments | Continued

Thomas Jefferson’s Sophisticated, Radical Vision of Liberty

Jefferson expressed a sophisticated, radical vision of liberty with awesome grace and eloquence. He affirmed that all people are entitled to liberty, regardless what laws might say. If laws don’t protect liberty, he declared, then the laws are illegitimate, and people may rebel. While Jefferson didn’t originate this idea, he put it in a way that set afire the imagination of people around the world, Moreover, he developed a doctrine for strictly limiting the power of government, the most dangerous threat to liberty everywhere.

1Jul1995 | | 1 comment | Continued

Equal Rights

German immigrant, Civil War general, senator, Interior Secretary, editor, author—Carl Schurz could understand the Declaration of Independence The principle of the Declaration of Independence—“all men are created free and equal, and are endowed with certain inalienable rights”—is the principle from which the Revolutionary Fathers derived their claim to independence. Upon this they founded the institutions [...]

1May1955 | | 0 comments | Continued
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