... as self-motivated and egocentric, having little faith in their moral conduct, honorable abilities, and reasoning skills, though politically he was a strong advocate of the rights of the states verses a sovereign central government. He believed government to be not a means of controlling and restricting the people of a nation, but instead ... When he states in the beginning of the second paragraph "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal- Jefferson is putting forth the idea that every man is born with a natural right to equality and it is within each perso...

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