 | Dinesh D'Souza - Philosophy - 1996 - 764 pages
...respects they did consider all men created equal — equal in certain inalienable rights. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. . . . They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1996 - 273 pages
...of Americans to bring their institutions progressively closer to that truth. The Founders "did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality," said Lincoln in 1857. They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, which should be familiar... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 460 pages
...are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then...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... | |
 | Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 350 pages
...to have it conferred upon them, nor that they were equal in all respects. The Declaration intended "simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement...might follow as fast as circumstances should permit." It set up "a standard maxim for free society . . . constantly looked to, constantly labored for, and... | |
 | Douglas L. Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 216 pages
...and from his own Dred Scott speech at Alton. The authors of the Declaration, he had said, "did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were...they were about to confer it immediately upon them. . . . They meant simply to declare the Tight so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 522 pages
...are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were...equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer such a boon. They meant to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as... | |
 | Digital Scanning Inc - History - 1999 - 278 pages
...are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, 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... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This they said, and this meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all were...of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.314 In these ways, then, Lincoln vindicated the prudence as well as the honor of the founding... | |
 | Johannes Morsink - Political Science - 1999 - 400 pages
..."did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all men were then actually enjoying that equality or that they were about to confer it immediately upon...boon. They meant simply to declare the right so that enforcement of it might follow as soon as circumstances should permit" (p. 6). If President Lincoln... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 212 pages
...authors of the Declaration, Lincoln stated, did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet,...confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no such power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of... | |
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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.... 
