8 Matching Annotations
  1. Sep 2017
    1. The causes which led to the separation of the colonies from the British crown have never lacked for a tongue. They have all been taught in your common schools, narrated at your firesides, unfolded from your pulpits, and thundered from your legislative halls, and are as familiar to you as household words.

      They were taught the history of a country, but they were not taught how to treat another human being with respect.

    1. that all men are created equal

      Relate to The Declaration of Sentiments (all men AND women are created equal), which was modeled upon The Declaration of Independence Apparently, the founding authors were actually referring to the white male when they say all "men" are created equal