Word: equal
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...created equal that they are endowed by their...
creator with equal rights, some of which...
separate and equal station to which...
...nature of man, Locke wrote, leads to the discovery of what God has willed governments to be. "The state of nature," he said, "has a law to govern it, winch obliges everyone: and reason, winch is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." (This grouping of life, liberty and material wealth is fundamental to Locke, who also declared that "government has no other end but the preservation of property." Similar pronouncements have often appeared in the Colonies. "Life...
...think myself equal to the command I am honored with ... From the day I enter upon the command of the American armies, I date my fall and the ruin of my reputation...