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Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

“There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man. That is a perfectly simple fact which the…

— G.K. Chesterton

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

— Aristotle

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free,…

— Aristotle

“Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all are to…

— Isocrates

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and…

— Thomas Mann

“Sovereignty...as understood in the Declaration of Independence was originally, and by nature, the equal and unalienable possession of individual human beings. The original equality…

— Harry V. Jaffa

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

— Dinesh D'Souza

The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all…

— Alan Keyes

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men were created equal, he owned slaves. Women couldn't vote. But, throughout history,…

— Marvin Ammori

...without equality there can be no democracy.

— Eleanor Roosevelt