What exactly does ‘all men are created equal’ mean in the Declaration of Independence? I used to think the answer was obvious; it was self-evident. But it’s not, at least not in today’s political ...

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared something revolutionary to the world: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Never mind that “men” meant ...

“All men are created equal.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote those words in the summer of 1776, he both meant what he said, and didn’t. He meant that the white, propertied men who led the 13 colonies had ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The aspirations cut a wide swath through American history since 1776 — from the “All men are created equal” of the Declaration of Independence and the “We the people” of the ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

Quote of the Day: David Allan Coe's quote, 'All men are created equal; it is only men themselves who place themselves above ...

IN THE BEGINNING, no one paid all that much attention to it—and, if they did, they were not particularly impressed. Now scriptural, the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence—“We hold ...