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"The minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."

What Enlightenment idea is reflected in this quote from Thomas Jefferson

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Natural Rights.

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It is a part of John Locke's Natural Rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. This was reflected by Thomas Jefferson in his Declaration of Independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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