The times are always changing. From one day to the next, reputations are created and destroyed; people are remembered and forgotten. It is a great achievement to create such a lasting mark upon the world that people from across the globe will look at a name and know exactly who that person is. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry are two such people. These great men are among the writers who shaped the America of today, which is a long-standing symbol of democracy and freedom.
Jefferson has created a long standing impression on the world and molded the America of today. Upon creating the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson successfully created a document that revolutionized first America, than the world. In this document Jefferson asserts that “all men are created equal” (Jefferson 117). Before the writing of the Declaration of Independence, most societies in the world were monarchies. However, after America was born and a whole new way of living and governing came to be. Furthermore, Jefferson’s famous document gave the power to the people, which was another unheard of idea in the 1800’s. “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government” (Jefferson 117). Jefferson truly stands out in America's literary history by writing a document that we still praise today.
Patrick Henry is one of the few writers who had an amazing vision for America. Henry envisioned an America that was free from the problems of a corrupt style of government, and one that would uphold the values of democracy. “if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contenting...we must fight!” (Henry 104). Henry often spoke and wrote of a core value of America today: The will to fight for freedom and democracy. Henry was willing to fight no matter how much his opponents, and therefore opponents of America, tell him otherwise. “They tell...