Freedom Quote by Michelle Alexander

“White supremacy, over time, became a religion of sorts. Faith in the idea that people of the African race were bestial, that whites were…

— Michelle Alexander

“The document that heralded our national revolution, the Declaration of Independence, was penned by Thomas Jefferson. Within that text, he did not cover any…

— Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

In spite of what Thomas Jefferson wrote, all men may be created equal, but not to all women.

— Bill Cosby

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

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

— Stephen Ambrose

I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making…

— 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

“In the American colonies, the first laborers were European indentured servants. When African laborers were forcibly brought to Virginia beginning in 1619, status was…

— Alan H. Goodman

“Thomas Jefferson, that owner of many slaves, chose to begin the Declaration of Independence by directly contradicting the moral basis of slavery, writing "we…

— David Graeber

“Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal.”

— Ray Bradbury

Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated…

— Alistair Cooke

All men are created equal, except Negroes.

— Abraham Lincoln