 This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon....  The Constitutional History of the United States - Page 552by Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Victor Alvin Ketcham - Debates and debating - 1914 - 400 pages
...did consider all men created equal, — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said,...that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer... | |
 | ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1919 - 572 pages
...they did consider all men created equal—equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to conferitupon them. In... | |
 | Francis Neilson - Labor - 1919 - 198 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This they said and this they meant." statement is comprehensive enough to include the essentials of an economic and political democracy.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1920 - 362 pages
...did consider all men created equal—equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they...boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. 1858 "A House Divided Against... | |
 | 1920 - 1020 pages
...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them. In fact,... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Citizenship - 1920 - 424 pages
...in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This 30 they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actuallv enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. They... | |
 | Richard Franklin Pettigrew - United States - 1921 - 938 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with "certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." This they said,...not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were actually then enjoying that equality, not yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them.... | |
 | Richard Franklin Pettigrew - United States - 1922 - 460 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with 'certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' This they said,...not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were actually then enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them.... | |
 | Arthur Norman Holcombe - Political science - 1923 - 522 pages
...they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said...did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it upon them.... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Lincoln family (Samuel Lincoln, 1619?-1690) - 1924 - 456 pages
...did consider all men created equal — equal with 'certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' This they...boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit. "They meant to set up a standard... | |
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