The aspects of the Enlightenment that are reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man are the idea that there are natural rights that man has as its natural birthright.
Enlightenment thinkers influenced both, the United States Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France. Indeed, this last one received the consultation of Thomas Jefferson. Enlightenment ideas such as liberty, justice, and equality influenced both declarations. Enlightenment thinkers ideas like the ones from Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Voltaire –renown people from the Enlightenment period- are reflected in those Declarations.
The Declaration of Independence put forward strong ideas of human rights; whereas, the Rights of Man strengthened the idea that governments should only govern, not violate people's rights and they will exist by the consent of those that they are ruling.
The Marketing Rule of 7 states that a prospect needs to “hear” the advertiser’s message at least 7 times before they’ll take action to buy that product or service. It’s a marketing maxim developed by the movie industry in the 1930's. Studio bosses discovered that a certain amount of advertising and promotion was required to compel someone to see one of their movies.
This is a speech given by Patrick Henry at the Virginia ratifying convention. Suspicious of centralized authority, Henry opposed the ratification of the proposed Constitution. He said the new system would take away too much power from the state governments and give too much power to the new national government.
