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"In this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal" (Chapter 20).
No Abraham Lincoln made that speech after the Battle of Gettysburg. It went "Fore score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. That all men are created equal... ETC.
Jefferson, when writing that "all men are born equal" was not meant for slaves. One needs to remember that black men were only a fraction of a person during this time period
It is one of the best arguments in support of the abolition of slavery.Unfortunately, there have been many people in U.S. history whose words said "All men are created equal" but whose actions said "All men who look like me, talk like me, dress like me and act like me are created equal."
He meant “mankind “ was created equal. His reference doesn’t mean what we think today because of the difference in time and the world. In his world no one was equal and everyone was below the king.
"In this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal" (Chapter 20).
That quote is from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he stated "that all men are created equal."
Hopefully it is 'that all men are created equal'
The Declaration of Men addresses and protects all the rights of men. One of the main declarations is that all men are created equal. These rights are for all citizens but mainly for men.
The one truth in which we all believe is that all men are created equal.
It is not an amendment in the US Constitution that says 'all men are created equal'. It is in the opening statement of the Declaration of Independence.
The word all can be a pronoun, noun, adverb, or adjective. When it modifies a noun, it means "every" or "every one" of the forms of that noun. Example: all men are created equal (every man is created equal)
No Abraham Lincoln made that speech after the Battle of Gettysburg. It went "Fore score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. That all men are created equal... ETC.
Jefferson, when writing that "all men are born equal" was not meant for slaves. One needs to remember that black men were only a fraction of a person during this time period
Because of its second sentence: "...that all men are created equal,..."
it states that all men's are equal before the law no one can be discriminated .
It is one of the best arguments in support of the abolition of slavery.Unfortunately, there have been many people in U.S. history whose words said "All men are created equal" but whose actions said "All men who look like me, talk like me, dress like me and act like me are created equal."