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Thomas Jefferson: We Are Citizens, Not Subjects.

July 4, 2010
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Thomas Jefferson: We Are Citizens, Not Subjects.

The first version of the Declaration of Independence called us “subjects”, later in a very telling and dramatic edit, Jefferson obliterated the word “subjects” and used, “citizens”. On this 4th of July does anything symbolize the spirit of this country, this nation more than the obliteration of “subjects” and the creation of “citizens” ?...
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