Select the correct answer.
Read these excerpts from "The Declaration of Independence" and "Every Man a King."
The Declaration of Independence:
(2) We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creato
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -- That to secure the
rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Every Man a King:
(2) Now, what did they mean by that? Did they mean, my friends, to say that all men were created equal and that
meant that any one man was born to inherit $10,000,000,000 and that another child was to be born to inherit not
(3) Did that mean, my friends, that someone would come into this world without having had an opportunity, of cou
to have hit one lick of work, should be born with more than it and all of its children and children's children could e
dispose of, but that another one would have to be born into a life of starvation?
How does Huey Long address the concept of being "created equal" differently than the writers of the Declaration of
Independence?