Who among the downtrodden and the dispossessed can fail to be stirred by the promise of a world in which all men are equal, and each has what he needs?
But why should Americans, whose republic is founded upon the proposition that all men are created equal, be so fascinated by "Downton Abbey, " a soap opera (now in its second season on PBS) about the English landed aristocracy during the Edwardian era, in which all men are definitely not created equal?
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, just words?
The United States of America is founded on the principle that all men are created equal.
The other is value-free multiculturalism--and please do not confuse this with the 18th-century truth that all men are created equal.
"The Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal, " Clegg says.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights: life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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And just perhaps, when the debate is over, the rationalizations and the distinctions and the semantic gymnastics are put to rest, we may be closer to answering for our generation the haunting question asked 139 years ago in a small military cemetery in Pennsylvania -- whether a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure.
It symbolises equality - all men and women are equal in God's eyes.
We are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. (Applause.) Those are the ideals that generations have fought for.
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We're a nation that is dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal.
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In our founding documents, we pledge ourselves to the same inalienable rights, and to the truth that all men and women are created equal.
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It's funny how the people who claim to be most devoted to the proposition that men and women are equal also are most devoted to the notion that all women do, or should, think alike.
Historically, there has been very good equal opportunity for men and women in management roles: nearly half of all managers are women, and some of the best hotels I've seen are run by women.
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