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To: thesharkboy

Not directly stated, but it’s based on it. Rousseau’s version of it was a direct inspiration for the declaration of independence and the constitution. Jefferson was a big fan of it.


58 posted on 07/20/2010 5:02:26 AM PDT by Tolsti2
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To: Tolsti2
Not directly stated, but it’s based on it.

Oh, so you're a fan of giving the government rights not spelled out in the Constitution, huh? Why have a constitution at all? Why not just base the government's rights on a evanescent "social contract?"

64 posted on 07/20/2010 5:10:59 AM PDT by thesharkboy (<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
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