Thomas Jefferson, the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, although he was a slave holder, and the Declaration had many parts taken out in order to get the Continental Congress to approve it.
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The Declaration of Independence is best described as a statement of democratic principles.
Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Five men from the Constitutional Convention were delegated as a committee to write it. They were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson was both one of the youngest delegates to the continental congress and the primary author of the declaration of independence. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams also served on the committee for the declaration but Jefferson was told by Adams the he (Jefferson) was the best writer of all of them.
The Declaration of Independence could be described in may ways. There is no "best" one.It was a statement of American existenceIt was a statement of American identityIt was, and still is a statement of American hope for the country and for the people.And, of course, it can be described as a statement of American independence - the very reason for the existence of the document.
They serve as the inspiration for the philosophical beliefs promoted in the declaration