 | American literature - 1963 - 284 pages
...to our nation's Capitol to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...which every American was to fall heir. This note was a premise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit cf... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - Apartheid - 1986 - 530 pages
...subject are highly instructive. He said, "When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...— yes, black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Now, King recognized... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - Apartheid - 1986 - 556 pages
...in South Africa. Martin Luther King said: When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...promise that all men — yes, black men as well as white men—would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That... | |
 | Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 1986 - 196 pages
...Jr., spoke in similarly aspirational terms: When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...signing a promissory note to which every American was lo fall heir. This note was a promise that all men — yes, black men as well as white men — would... | |
 | Clint Bolick - Social Science - 1988 - 174 pages
...Luther King, speaking at the Lincoln MemoriaL solemnly proclaimed: of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," The quest... | |
 | James Guimond - Social Science - 1991 - 368 pages
...wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," King claimed, "they were signing a promissory note to which every...men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." America, white America,... | |
 | Margretta M. Styles, Patricia Moccia - Allied health personnel - 1993 - 376 pages
...to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious... | |
 | Michael Eric Dyson - History - 1993 - 382 pages
...status of persons with rights. King stated: "When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights... | |
 | Rebecca McDaniel - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 220 pages
...to our nation's Capitol to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...— yes, black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today... | |
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When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men... 
