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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin

We hold these truths to be self-evident …
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Jefferson, who drafted the declaration, asked Franklin to edit it—see {604295}. This phrase was suggested as a replacement for Jefferson’s original: “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable.”

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Will Doctor Franklin be so good as to peruse it and suggest such alterations as his more enlarged view of the subject will dictate?
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See {642956} for an example of Franklin’s changes.

Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff

[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.
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Christina Grimmie
Christina Grimmie

I know the fans are very personable with my mom and things like that. They make little collages and pictures. They make edits of me and my mom together.
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Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson

One of the advantages of being dead, I guess, is that somebody else can edit all this.
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Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed

I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

I was sitting by Dr. Franklin who perceived that I was not insensitive to these mutilations.
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Jefferson, like most authors, chafed with the changes made to his “masterpiece.” He had earlier asked Franklin to edit the document who did so lightly—see {604295} and {642956}