Principle of Freedom #6 - Human Equality

  All Men are Created Equal

"That all men are born to equal rights is true.  Every being has a right to his own, as clear, as moral, as sacred, as any other being has....But to teach that all men are born with equal powers and faculties, to equal influence in society, to equal property, and advantages through life, is as gross a fraud, as glaring an imposition on the credulity of the people, as ever was practiced by monks, by Druids, by Brahmins, by priests of the immortal Lama, or by the self-styled philosophers of the French Revolution."
~John Adams

"The goal of society is to provide 'equal justice,' which means protecting the rights of the people equally:

At the bar of justice, to secure their rights.

At the ballot box, to vote for the candidate of their choice.

At the public school, to obtain their education.

At the employment office, to compete for a job.

At the real estate agency, to purchase or rent a home.

At the pulpit, to enjoy freedom of religion.

At the podium, to enjoy freedom of speech.

At the microphone or before the TV camera, to present views on the issues of the day.

At the meeting hall, to peaceably assemble.

At the print shop, to enjoy freedom of the press.

At the store, to buy the essentials or desirable things of life.

At the bank, to save and prosper.

At the tax collectors office, to pay no more than their fair share.

At the probate court, to pass on to their heirs the fruits of life's labors."

~W. Cleon Skousen (The Five Thousand Year Leap, pg. 105)

Source: The Five Thousand Year Leap; W. Cleon Skousen