True or false?

Question

The Constitution of the United States says that all men are created equal.

True or False????

Shame on all of you who answered "True".

The quote "all men are created equal" is from the Declaration of Independence.

The Constitution does not imply nor protect equalty but does protect equal treatment under the law.

Answer 1

False -- those words are in the Delcaration of Independence.

"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."

Answer 2

This is false, the quote comes from the Gettysburg Address. Question Ahoy is correct, the Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and have certain inalienable rights but this is only the preamble, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states that all men have the right to "equal protection under the law," but the idea that all men are created equal as government policy is not part of our founding documentation. While there are certain political freedoms accorded to everyone, there are also extensive protections of private property with the understanding that private property and the creation of wealth will bring about security and prosperity. Abraham Lincoln had expressed grave doubts about how much protection is given to corporations, because since they are not people they cannot be held to the same level of accountability as people are.

Answer 3

False. It's in the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution says we all get equal protection under the law.

Answer 4

I beleive that is false, but am not 100% sure. The Declaration of Independence, I know has this phrase. If it is in the Constitution, it is probably in the Preamble.

Answer 5

i think you mean to speak of the declaration of independence
the constitution may edvice that all men should act equal but it does not say all men or exactly equal
the declaration states .. " All men are equal and should abide bye our countrys laws "
well thats at least close enough

Answer 6

I believe that's the Declaration of Independence, but it is strongly implied in the Constitution, at least in it's current incarnation.

Answer 7

False...that's the Declaration of Independence.

A refresher for some:

Quoting: { The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security....}

That's a beautiful ethical concept and the foundation of our moral philosophy as a nation.

Modern conservatism has become "destructive of these ends" and should be abolished. George W. Bush is the first truly American despot. It is our duty to defeat he and his ilk to preserve liberty in our great nation!!

Answer 8

True. All men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights among them are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Answer 9

Yes, created equal. Not born equal, or continue throughout our respective lives as equal, but created. And, by "all men," you can take that to be "mankind" -- as in women, too.

Answer 10

I am going to say true....but I am smelling a trick question????

I have not read the Constitution since grade school.