It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human rights, he did so on the ground that they had been endowed by God, our Creator.
— Tom Stoppard, born on this date in 1937
Particularly easily by those of us who consider Jefferson's commitment to the Creator comparable to that of the insurance company that won't pay out for acts of God.
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