‘All men are created equal’

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

In honor of our nation’s 248th birthday Thursday, we offer excerpts from the Declaration of Independence.

 

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of Amer…