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By Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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- Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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- National Archives
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Adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the draft. The text here is the National Archives' transcription of the engrossed copy.