Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others

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"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." - Thomas Jefferson

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Running head: JEFFERSON ON RIGHTFUL-LIBERTARIANISM

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"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around
us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is
often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a representative of his time in the fact that he held prejudices against nonwhites especially African Americans. In fact, for a long time, he owned slaves. But, contrary to
the mainstream ideals of his time, Jefferson had strong views on equality and liberty. In spite of
his flaws, one cannot dispute that the man was a true revolutionary. In his later years, Jefferson
came to be an outspoken proponent of the freedom of slaves. He believed that slavery was an
atrocious blemish on the face of America.
Jefferson firmly believed that the law is "the tyrant's will" when it vi...


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