“Let us discard all this quibbling about [this person] and that [person] and the other [person] being inferior… Let us discard all these things and unite as one people throughout this land until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal.” -Abraham Lincoln With one mere substitution (people for race) that reflects an older essay from Ben Franklin: All men are by nature equally free and independent. Such equality is necessary in order to create a free government. All men must be equal to each other in natural law. Which went on to be used in the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Or do we not believe that anymore? BECAUSE YOU EITHER BELIEVE ALL PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE, OR YOU DONT. ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:24:30 +0000