All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are not supposed to be all equal. Let's just forget that. We are supposed to have equal rights under law. If we do that, we have done enough.
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
All men equal in rights and duties, all men equally responsible for the destiny of mankind - what a dream!
All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal.
All men are created equal.
All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.
The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.