Jefferson and the Source of Human Rights ^11.7%

Quillette - By Coel Hellier - 7/2/2026, 12:30 PM

In-Group Bias 35.8% - Hasty Generalization 19.8% - Overconfidence Bias 16%

Anticipating the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson recalled: “We boldly proclaimed the self-evident truth that our rights do not come from government, they come from God Himself.” In 2018, President Trump likewise declared: “Our rights are not given to us by... more