The Most Important Founder You’ve Never Heard Of ^33.3%

Washington Monthly - By George Thomas - 6/23/2026, 9:00 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 36.2% - Appeal to Authority 21.8% - Unattributed Quote 21.1%

He wrote an influential pamphlet legally justifying the American Revolution, arguing that “all men are, by nature, free and equal.” He signed the Declaration of Independence and was a leading figure at the Constitutional Convention, where he was arguably as important as James Madison. (He is one of only six men to sign both the... more