...Founders, he said: They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly labored for,...happiness and value of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere.46 Lincoln's abstract statement articulated an American creed for all seasons. There were...

..."standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar to all, and revered by all; constantly looked up to, constantly labored for, and even though never...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." 6 Lincoln concluded by summoning the American people to rededicate themselves to the war, "that this...

...familiar to all, — constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and even. though never perfectlv attained, constantly approximated, and thereby constantly...of life to all people, of all colors. everywhere." There again are the sentiments I have expressed in regard to the Declaration of Independence upon a...

...to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly approximated and thereby constantly spreading...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere. (Ibid., 301) The key words here, I feel, are "liberty" and "free." It appears that when the chips were...

...to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly approximated and thereby constantly spreading...of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere. (Ibid., 301) The key words here, I feel, are "liberty" and "free." It appears that when the chips were...

...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...of life to all people of all colors everywhere. The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from...

...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were then actually enjoying that equality. ... They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society,...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere." He hoped to "penetrate the human soul" until, as he said, "all this quibbling about this man and the...

...society which should be familiar to all: constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and thereby spreading and deepening its influence and augmenting...happiness and value of life to all people, of all colors, everywhere.25 Similarly, prior to the adoption of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt...

...enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately upon them," said Lincoln. "In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....happiness and value of life to all people of all colors everywhere."44 How can we reconcile this eloquent manifesto with equivocal statements by Lincoln on...

...them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances...value of life to all people of all colors everywhere. To some, social equality, a nonstratified, a classless society, is a beautiful dream. To others, it...