American Founders Hypocrites on Slavery?
By Rick Pearcey July 6, 2010, 09:03 AM
"All men are created equal" is a statement of vision, not hypocrisy, argues Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe. He explains:
The Founders chose those words not to describe the nation in which they lived, but a better, more just nation; the nation America could become. Their words became the American creed, the taproot of the American dream -- as worthy of celebrating today as they were in 1776.
Hat tip: Conservatives4Palin