John F. Kennedy claimed Philip Mazzei was the originator of this phrase. In John C. Calhoun's Oregon
John F. Kennedy claimed Philip Mazzei was the originator of this phrase. In John C. Calhoun's Oregon Bill speech, he asserts that this phrase is "though less dangerous, is not less erroneous" than a similar one he calls "the most false and dangerous of all political errors." In his last debate with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln quotes John Pettit of Indiana as saying that this phrase is a "self-evident lie," and in the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln says the Founders were "dedicated to the proposition" that this phrase was true. It was consciously echoed it in the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention, which added "and women" to it. In another document, it is followed by the statement of the "unalienable rights" of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." For 10 points, name this phrase which is the first of the truths that the Declaration of Independence holds to be "self-evident."
John F. Kennedy claimed Philip Mazzei was the originator of this phrase.
"All men are created equal" [be lenient and accept with extra information such as "we hold these truths to be self-evident"]