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Why might Thomas Jefferson have mentioned the revocability of human law? What does he gain by doing this? What might he lose?

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Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, held the belief that no law is irrevocable, especially the manmade laws that infringe upon the unalienable rights given and guaranteed to humankind as endowed by their Creator. Because of this statement, however, his views that were made public in Part III of the Statute for Religious Freedom would garner his popularity with some groups and dislike from others. The American people, with their love for freedom, liberty, and independence, would have been in support of Jefferson's idea that no law is free from being revoked especially if the principles in the statute were to be infringed upon, violating natural law. With the people living in Great Britain, however, Thomas Jefferson would not have been as popular because England was the nation which the United States had seceded from because of the man-made laws that were forced upon the American people.

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It could have given more knowledge to scientists
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