The Declaration of Independence illustrates Enlightenment ideals in which quote by
Thomas Jefferson?
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed" (Jefferson 43).
"WE, THEREFORE, the REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES of
pledge to each other" (Jefferson 47).
AMERICA...mutually
"...the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them..[to] declare the causes
which impel them to the separation " (Jefferson 43).
"...it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it; and to institute new
Government" (Jefferson 43).