“All men are not created equal,” she stated matter-of-factly.
“Umm… what do you mean?” I asked while consciously fixing my fallen jaw and wide eyes before she looked back at me.
“Well, people are not the same…” she started. “They have varying personalities, levels of intelligence and capacity, moral compasses and vices…”
“Yes, that’s true,” I affirmed. “But I don’t think any of those characteristics were the reason that statement was originally penned.”
She scrunched up her brow and nodded at me to continue.
“What document is that sentence written in?” I asked.
She looked at me blankly. “You know, I’m not sure. Bill of Rights? Constitution? Declaration of Independence?”
“I believe that sentence is written in the U.S. Declaration of Independence.” I pulled up the statement on Google and read the whole sentence: “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.”
I paused for a moment, letting some of the most important words ever penned sink into the minds and hearts of everyone in the room, who were now all paying attention.
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