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Thomas Jefferson did not
write the Constitution, but he did write the Declaration of Independence. Just as the Constitution provides the structural basis for our government, the Declaration of Independence is the expression of its soul, out of which the Constitution itself was birthed. ' ’« 4t reads: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that
are endowed by their
tor with certain unalienRights,
that among these
ife, Liberty and the pur;■SStof Happiness.” As authority •■ffigthis proposition, Jefferson 'dgS “the Laws of Nature and JwEKature’s God.” *!5»3f’he document concludes:
for the support of this “IJgfcJaration, with a firm reliance •ffilhe protection of divine Provivdenee, we mutually pledge to ^■eSSfth other our Lives, our «,E3ftunes and our sacred Honor.” i ^ Jefferson and the men who ^rigued the Declaration of nmwependence either believed in I^SaTprotection of God or they
suicidal maniacs. These itt^e men understood full well
they had just signed their *««wn death sentences if God did «JS3?protect them.
vSSjhe fact is that five of them
? captured by the British
tortured before they died,
tlve had their homes ran*&Sked and burned. Two lost
90118 the war, another
two sons captured. Nine *w8ier died from war wounds or ^StSn hardships suffered in the
I could go on, but I will > ' conclude with John Hancock, v ■f. A little known fact is that £hw was the wealthiest man in '-'America and had the most to tlogff materially from affixing his signature to the document. ‘ Ito is a sad state of affairs that John Hancock is best known
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