[Political Junkie Too]

That is what Thomas Jefferson meant when he wrote “We the People,” and that is what the world understood when the Founders presented the Declaration of Independence on the world stage.

Instead of replacing the king with another all-powerful head of state, the American people accepted responsibility for their own freedom. “We the People” chose to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” That is no small matter. We are not given the task to “try” to be free or to “hope” to be free. As Americans, “We the People” must “secure” liberty for ourselves and for future generations.

I'm confused.

Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, but it didn't contain "We the People."

The Constitution begins with "We the People... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” That was written by James Madison. Jefferson was in France with Benjamin Franklin at the time.

-PJ

[Jacquerie]

Yeah, I caught that as well. I guess the author was on a roll, like John Belushi in Animal House.