Stevens: “We were supposed to be one”
Joined together doesn’t mean we’re the same. It means we are united in a common purpose. Congresswoman Haley Stevens wrote of our response in those first few days after 9/11 - a response that reflected our American values. In part, Stevens wrote: "We were never supposed to be identical. We were supposed to be one."
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR: ALL MEANS ALL
The Declaration of Independence did not proclaim that some people are created equal. King emphasized that the proposition was universal. Black and white. Jew and Gentile. Protestant and Catholic.
All means all.
The Democratic Creed begins with the same proposition:
“We believe all people are created equal, that this is America's fundamental ideal.”