Philip Mazzei, The Virginia Gazette, 1774. Translated by a friend and neighbor, Thomas Jefferson:
«Tutti gli uomini sono per natura egualmente liberi e indipendenti. Quest'eguaglianza è necessaria per costituire un governo libero. Bisogna che ognuno sia uguale all'altro nel diritto naturale.»
Translated by Jefferson as follow: «All men are by nature equally free and independent. Such equality is necessary in order to create a free government.
All men must be equal to each other in natural law»
He may also have influenced Thomas Paine's Common Sense. «All men are by nature equally free and independent. Such equality is necessary in order to create a free government.
All men must be equal to each other in natural law»