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Motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God"
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"Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God." In 1776, this was Benjamin Franklin's proposal for the Seal of the United States. Franklin proposed a Biblical depiction and introduced the motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." Jefferson liked it so much that he used it on his personal seal, found at left.
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"Take things
always by their
smooth handle"
(TH: Jefferson to
Thomas Jefferson
Smith, Feb. 21,
1825)
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