Freedom Quote by Abraham Lincoln

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except…

— Abraham Lincoln

“There was no contradiction in the bold claim made by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” if…

— Michelle Alexander

All men are created equal, except Negroes.

— Abraham Lincoln

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed…

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

— Abraham Lincoln

As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except…

— Abraham Lincoln

The bill neither confers nor abridges the rights of anyone but simply declares that in civil rights there shall be equality among all classes…

— Lyman Trumbull

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

— Aldous Huxley

Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by…

— Abraham Lincoln

“the Declaration of Independence does not mean we are equal in endowments, only in rights.”

— Dinesh D'Souza

In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making…

— Abraham Lincoln