<P> In 1776 the Second Continental Congress asked Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to write the Declaration of Independence . This Committee of Five voted to have Thomas Jefferson write the document . After Jefferson finished he gave the document to Franklin to proof . Franklin suggested minor changes, one of which stands out far more than the others: "We hold these truths to be sacred and un-deniable ..." became "We hold these truths to be self - evident ." </P> <P> The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence starts as follows: </P> <P> We hold these truths to be self - evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness . That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; </P> <P> The Virginia Declaration of Rights, chiefly authored by George Mason and approved by the Virginia Convention on June 12, 1776, contains the wording: </P>

Declaration of independence which truths in the second paragraph are self-evident
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