Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence.

The article reviews *Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence* by Timothy Sandefur, focusing on Sandefur’s argument that classical liberalism, particularly a libertarian interpretation of natural law, was the primary philosophical force behind the Americ...

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Published in:	Reason Papers Vol. 46; pp. 42 - 50
Main Author:	Farber, Daniel A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Reason Papers Summer2026
Subjects:	Liberalism Natural law Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Founding Fathers of the United States Adams, John, 1735-1826 Colonial United States, ca. 1600-1775 Libertarianism American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
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