Askbros 07:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC) Hilarious, you made this comment just yesterday and today I'm rummaging around Google to find reasons for the change. contribs) I had heard it was due to his not wanting slaves to have the right to property.Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.214.240.202 ( talk I doubt that the man who built Monticello would have anything but the highest regard for the right of property, and I've never seen anything in his writings, which I have read extensively, to lead me to believe otherwise. Can I get a citation on that? My understanding has always been that Jefferson saw the phrase "pursuit of happiness" as including property, but also expanding on it. i kan reed 05:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC) I dispute the claim made here that Thomas Jefferson considered property antithetical to liberty. Is there any published source making such a claim? I fully intend to remove that section if not. This seems like the kind of thing that is original research/ personal opinion.
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16 The original text contains the serial comma.Ī particular claim made on this page is that the 3 part phrase is comparable other nations' slogans.15 ".well crafted, influential sentences in the history of the English language".10 Leibniz, not Locke, inspired the Declaration of Independence.6 Question regarding "pursuit of happiness".