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What did Thomas Jefferson Pl. above the power of government in the decoration of independence

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He put in the rights of man.

Based on John Locke’s Social Contract, these rights are life, liberty

and the pursuit of happiness. He

believed that government had a duty to uphold these rights if it wanted to

secure t loyalty and obedience of its citizens.


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