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In eight pages this paper examines the lasting influence of the Declaration of Independence and how five great American thinkers – Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King Jr. – employed it in their respective writings and speeches. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.
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voice of a colonial America that wished to be liberated from what citizens perceived as the tyranny of George III and form its own free and democratic nation. This
was more than merely a document of colonial secession from Great Britain; it was the Founding Fathers ideological blueprint for the future United States of America. The intent of
the Declaration was to present a united colonial front to the British and the rest of the world while at the same time championing the importance of diversity and the
individual in a democracy. In the years since its issuance, the Declaration of Independence has grown in stature to represent an uncompromising standard for human rights, to which the
United States, its leaders, and its citizens should always aspire, as described in its most famous passage: "We hold these truths to be... self-evident, that all men are created
equal and independent; that from that equal creation they derive in rights inherent and inalienables, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness" (Jefferson
235). Not surprising is the profound impact this Declaration has had over the years on the most influential (and controversial) thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luther King Jr. Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson (1767-1845) was one of the most celebrated men of his time. A
colorful war hero most famous for the Battle of New Orleans and chief architect of what became known as Jacksonian Democracy, the nations seventh President bid adieu to public life
in a farewell address he delivered at the conclusion of his term. It becomes obvious Jackson was familiar with the sentiments expressed in the Declaration with this passage, "The
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