Interesting questions, one of the better ones I've seen recently. The Declaration of Independence was mainly a charging document, starting clearly and innocently enough with declaring "the causes which impel them to the separation", but then it goes on to blast the King and the Empire with a long list of charges of tyranny and oppression.
Martin Luther King Jr. also starts calmly enough as he explains why he has become involved with the Birmingham movement for civil rights, then his argument gains force and momentum as he begins to quote scripture and to blast the white preachers who have written him by arguing "justice too long delayed is justice denied" and "privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily".
Both are compelling, eloquent and powerful arguments against the injustices of their time. In terms of contradictions, Jefferson was arguing for freedom essentially for white males from the King, while he owned slaves and protected the social status quo in the colonies. King, on the other hand argues equality for all.
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