 that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.  Documents Accompanying the Journal - Page 165by Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...argues that legitimate governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" because "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." The natural rights with which man has been endowed by his Creator are antecedent to and remain... | |
 | James Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 572 pages
...before the Majesty of Heaven, that 'it was self-evident men were created equal; that they were endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, among which are Life, Liberty' etc. Now to say nothing about the continuing to withhold from so great a part of our fellow-men, the... | |
 | Bernard Flynn - Philosophy - 2005 - 328 pages
...is strongly universalistic. As stated in the American Bill of Rights, "We hold it to be selfevident that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Such a formulation obviously has onto-theological presuppositions.... | |
 | Stephen Middleton - History - 2005 - 377 pages
...forth from the ideals of the American creed, the new creed that had announced to the world in 1776 that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights. Had America — its federal or state governments — continued to approve laws... | |
 | Kishor Bhagwati - Computers - 2006 - 248 pages
...like Alexander the Great and Napoleon. The US Declaration of Independence, in its beautiful English, proclaims that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. The electrifying speech of... | |
 | Abid Ullah Jan - Fiction - 2006 - 268 pages
...Similarly, constitutions, bills of rights and charters of rights all over the "democratic" world suggest that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. An unalienable right cannot be eliminated even if the people vote to abrogate it. The theory... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - History - 2007 - 358 pages
...Declaration. The Declaration is most often remembered today for its assertion ol'the "selfevident" "truths" that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." But what this means is that cooperation is not something to be taken for granted. Individuals... | |
 | Mark R. Levin - Political Science - 2006 - 308 pages
...keystone of our system of popular sovereignty is the recognition, as the Declaration acknowledges, that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." Religion and God are not alien to our system of government, they're integral to it. The intensive... | |
 | Gary Scott Smith - Religion - 2006 - 678 pages
...criticized for owning slaves. To many, he seems even more culpable. How could the man who declared that "all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" own about two hundred other human beings for more than sixty years? Throughout his life, Jefferson... | |
 | Walter F. Murphy - Law - 2007 - 588 pages
...announced a creed around which revolutionaries could unite: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." That document laid out ideals— as long as "all men" did not include women, Indians, or blacks... | |
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