 This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....  The U.N. Commission in Human Rights: protector or accomplice? : hearing ... - Page 44by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations - 2005 - 85 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Dean Howells - Campaign biography - 1860 - 414 pages
...are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this they meant. They did riot mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, go that the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that .all...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...happiness.' This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that ull were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all...equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all...equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right,... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - United States - 1866 - 566 pages
...hair's breadth" And earlier, on October 15th,. 1858, -At Alton, Illinois :— " They (the Fathers) did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality. They meant simply to declare the right , so that the enforcement of it must follow as fast as circumstances... | |
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