[dasboot]

I would think that credit for the American Republic belongs to Tom Jefferson. Was it not he who, learned in the classics, read the histories of the nations of the world; the great works of religious authors; the philosophers of freedom and liberty, etc... and cooked up a stew containing the best flavors of all of 'em??

Our Declaration was penned in his hand.

[kennyo]

would think that credit for the American Republic belongs to Tom Jefferson...

And so the debate goes.One vote here for Madison.

[GoLightly]

Our Declaration was penned in his hand.

And it bears a striking similarity to a Declaration written on behalf of the Low Countries, written more than a century earlier.