What do you think the words "all men are created equal" were intended to imply?

Question

Not just that all men are created equal . . .more in depth.

Answer 1

That all men are created equal

Answer 2

Souls come into this world in one of two birthday suits

that are CREATED by MOMS  After that it is every soul for themselves

Answer 3

All men are created equal, but some more equal than others.

Answer 4

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 5

When they were first written- white men.

Later with equal rights- women and scraps for minorities ( jim crow laws)

Now men or man now  means , human being or mankind, so everyone is supposed to be equal.

Answer 6

I believe that part was written by Jefferson? He wanted to abolish slavery in the constitution but was quelled by Franklin that getting all the colonies to agree on independence was more important (The southern colonies wouldn't agree to a constitution that abolished slavery). The aforementioned quote in my opinion, means that hopefully all men will be equal someday.

Answer 7

It's an idea from the Enlightenment.  Men are all created with the same desire to be free, to have liberty and freedom, to live their lives as they please.  In other words everyone wants the same thing, there are not natural 'classes' of people so the social classes of society are artificial.

In the American way of thinking, it means that everyone ought to have an equal opportunity to succeed.  You don't tell a kid he can't be a doctor because his father was a plumber.