Evidence: Do the Principles of the Declaration Include Us All

  • James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 1764.
  • Thomas Jefferson, Query 18, "Manners," in Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787.
  • Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801.
  • Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Henri Gregoire, February. 25, 1809.
  • James Wilson, On the Study of the Law in the United States, in Lectures on Law (1790-91).
  • Abraham Lincoln, Speech at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, 1860.