This Founding Father injected some enlightenment into the Declaration of Independence. Name that third president.

Answer Thomas Jefferson

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." These words were written by Thomas Jefferson, who largely authored the Declaration of Independence. As one of America's Founding Fathers and the third U.S. president, Jefferson was instrumental in establishing the ideals of the "Land of the Free".

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