Nature has made men free and equal. The distinctions necessary for social order are only founded on general utility.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
All men are by nature born equally free and independent.
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.
The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).
From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots.
Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.
The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
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.