...humankind. In religious terms generic enough not to be limited to Christians solely, Jefferson wrote: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."27 It is a self-evident step from this conviction to the phrase of the Declaration, "endowed...

...the natural order conceived on the pattern of creation and Creator. Thus, Thomas Jefferson could say, "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."5 The same belief led the chaplain of the Continental Congress, Jacob Duche, to share with his...

...attend to what is intrinsic to his argument. The pronouncement that "Our properties . . . shall [not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own" is a continuation of the argument against British trade regulations that arbitrarily limited the ability...

...the Rights of British America (1774): Still less let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any...hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.' But there is a second limitation on government control over property. It is not enough to say that...

...not the aid of many counsellors. The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. . . The god who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same...hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." A few months later, the Congress having met and not only sent off firm petitions to King George but...

...the subjects of this drama, not the objects. Thomas Jefferson, no orthodox believer, put it this way: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time." It is no hindrance to our purposes to understand that liberty is the Creator's jewel, favored by Providence....

...terms, but let them be just. A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Williamsburg, July 1774 The god who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same...hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Williamsburg, July 1774 1775 The American cause for...

...right and wrong are legible to every reader: to pursue them requires not the aid of many counsellors. The god who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. The overarching message Jefferson wished the king and leaders of Parliament to understand and appreciate...

...by God, we must be governed by tyrants." Explaining the inalienable rights of men, Jefferson said, "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." And it was George Washington who said that "of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political...

...his contemporaries. He was convinced that men were born to freedom because of natural rights. He said "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time." Nothing less could have been expected of God, for liberty was right, just as force was wrong. Malone...