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Thread #73626 Message #1278615
Posted By: GUEST,heric
22-Sep-04 - 05:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Election votes for the rest of us
Subject: RE: BS: US Election votes for the rest of us
"Decent respect only required a thoughtful explanation of American reasons, not slavish obsequiousness to the opinion of others."
Jefferson said that the Declaration was intended to "place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take."