 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 Approaching Fury - Page 200by Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 100 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James Rudolph Garfield - Charities - 1911 - 444 pages
...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. They meant to set up a standard maxim... | |
 | Marion Mills Miller - Civil rights - 1913 - 434 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...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. They meant simply to declare... | |
 | Victor Alvin Ketcham - Debates and debating - 1914 - 400 pages
...did consider all men created equal, — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...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... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1916 - 566 pages
...all men created equal — equal with 'certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.' This they said and this they...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. They meant simply to declare... | |
 | ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1919 - 572 pages
...they did consider all men created equal—equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to conferitupon them. In... | |
 | Francis Neilson - Labor - 1919 - 198 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said and this they meant." statement is comprehensive enough to include the essentials of an economic and political democracy.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...did consider all men created equal—equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...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. They meant simply to declare... | |
 | 1920 - 1020 pages
...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact,... | |
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