All men are created equal

All men are created equal. That is at least what they say. According to our founding fathers, all men are created equal. Most people know that this is not the case. Everybody should be be treated equal. When I say everybody, I am not excluding any races, any sexualities, or any religions. I mean every last person on this earth. When I think about equality I like to think about S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. In Hinton’s book you have the different social…

Short Essay One Rights are desired through the new ideas from the Enlightenment and are expressed through the grievances and problems the people have with their government, but the rights explained are not for all people but for a select few. In The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen it says, “contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public misfortunes”, which is a prime example of Enlightenment thought. In the Enlightenment people such as John Locke developed the idea of…

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States in 1801. He was a philosopher wrote and believed all men was created equal. He was a great writer that led him to writing a document that is important to the United States and its History. This was the Declaration of the Independence. Thirteen colonies were not satisfied during the year 1773 through 1776 with the Empire of British. They believed the British they were being strongly being monitored, not being taxed fair,…

is outdated and I believe it does and does not have application for us today. Although I do agree with the foundation but the people people just seem to not agree with each other. The principals on why it was created in the beginning were mostly about 1. All men are created equally 2. All men have basic human rights given to by God. 3rd the only reason to have a government is to protect those rights. These were listed as “ Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness” . One of the belief that were put…

standards of greatness. America is an exceptional nation because our nation is dedicated to important principles such as human liberty and freedom in which all men are created equal and have equal rights. Our nation is explicitly founded upon the principles of human quality and natural rights. Because of these principles, America has created a prosperous nation. In face, the American economy produces a large amount of the world’s wealth. To this day, our nation…

Collectivistic Government Fails Is the system of government deemed as corrupt? Is it true that people are created equal? Is collectivism more important and better than the individual? The novella Anthem by Ayn Rand features a man by the name of Equality 7-2521 who lives in a dystopian society and he’s held back due to his superior brain power. He is forced into a job that no one would want, such as street sweeper to force him down the totem pole. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, Harrison…

“Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as a whole. That’s not a concept you can really shoot down.” (Dunham, Lena). Equality is defined as “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.” and in the recent decade gender, race and religious equality have been some of the most discussed topics in the the media, government and workplace. Many would believe from the media’s portraital…

Back then, like today the issue of equality has been a debate between both female and male genders. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women. The ERA was originally introduced by Congress in 1923 for the first time. However, equality being a constitutional amendment states, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” This…

about the benefits that they will received therefore only looked out for themselves. In this time the status was determined by wealth, in order to be looked at as superior one must have a lump sum of money. Money became the motivation for the white men, making doing what is right for the country as a whole and other citizens (and slaves) not important enough to determine how…

They want to rule themselves, they want to be independent, they want to be respected as an equal, and they want equality. To support my above points for the declaration of independence been written are these two reasons, To declare loud and clear to the whole world that the thirteen British colonies in America were declaring themselves an independent…