The Declaration of Independence is influenced by American pacifism, which is the basic framework of freedom. In addition, the declaration also reflects the philosophy of the Enlightenment, including natural law, self-determination and deism. The ideals in the declaration, even some fragments of them, directly quoted the works of the British philosopher John Locke, especially his second book On Government, entitled The Real Origin, Category and End of Civilized Government. In his thesis, Locke supports the belief that the government should be established by the ruled. Locke wrote that human beings have natural human rights. Other declarations of independence were influenced by the speeches and works of algernon Sidney and Thomas Paine. According to Jefferson's idea, the purpose of independence is "not to discover new principles or arguments that have never been seen before ... but to put the common sense of things in front of the world, win recognition with concise sentences, and let it judge itself from our forced position."