Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Joe Pinion: America is under siege | Greg Kelly Reports" video.

  1. No, that's not what "self-evident" meant. Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence began with the line, "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable". However, when Benjamin Franklin edited the draft, he changed the line to "We hold these truths to be self-evident". There were 5 in the draft committee to the Declaration of Independence. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman, with the actual writing delegated to Jefferson. One of the committee members, Roger Sherman, did not own slaves. Throughout his life, Sherman opposed the institution of slavery due to his personal beliefs and his Puritan religion. He did not call for a legal end to slavery, however, believing in states rights.
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