[hchutch]

The Declaration of Independence refutes your assertion. I strongyl suggest you re-read that document?

[JohnGalt]

Which assertion?

Are you saying that Jefferson was not influenced by French Enlightment Era intellectuals?

Rights do not exist as abstractions; the best Jefferson could do was tie rights back to praxeology, which is a kin you and I both claiming the title of conservative libertarians and yet having radically different views about the rules that govern men.