2007-11-25 06:10:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No, they only pretended to be. No rights for women and slavery was legal, so that doesn't exactly make us a country where liberty and justice for all mean just that. What it meant was liberty and justice for all white males.
2007-11-25 06:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie is awesome!! 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
ha, of course not. it just had a nice ring to it when they wrote it down on paper.
Look at our country the past 6-7 years. Constantly divided and everyone fighting tooth and nail for their own justice.
2007-11-25 14:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Steve M 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
All part of "The Big Lie" ! Almost had everybody fooled,but along came the Internet!
2007-11-25 15:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the most part, they have tried very hard to reach that goal but, like every other country, it is made up of individuals so is subject to loop holes and corruption.
2007-11-25 14:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sort of...
It depends on if you are referring to "liberty for every citizen" or "liberty for all who can afford it".
2007-11-25 16:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by Boss H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
We were moving in that general direction, but have now reversed.
2007-11-25 15:46:08 · answer #6 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, in many respects. But one need only look at the way Blacks have been treated, and continue to be in many respects, to authenticate the answer
2007-11-25 14:19:30 · answer #7 · answered by golfer7 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Probably not, and in some ways things have gotten better, but in certain ways, things are truly worse than they have ever been. *sm*
2007-11-25 14:19:25 · answer #8 · answered by LadyZania 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
my answer is NO . but the important thing is we keep try'n !
2007-11-25 14:25:38 · answer #9 · answered by jeffwey m 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
absolutely not....But its a nice sounding jingle.
2007-11-25 14:20:05 · answer #10 · answered by Happy-go-Lucky 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋