Is there any other kind? Did anybody ever sit in a class with his or her equal on either side? We are all different--except for identical siblings--as are any two apples on the same tree.
Jefferson, in the Declaration was replying to that argument that the King ruled by divine right, not suggesting a leveling of the population. The part of the Declaration that is always quoted out of context by the Left, is an exposition of the compact theory of Government. The Founders were very familiar with it, as should be every student of English History, as Magna Carta is a prime example of the practical application of that theory.
William Flax
Exactly. And Locke echoed that sentiment when he said, in essence, that conservatives prefer liberty over equality. It was the faux egalitarianism of the French Revolution (founded on the Humanist ravings of Rousseau) that made it so bloody, while the American Revolution, based on Lockeian social contract, simply removed the encumbrances to liberty and let each man rise to his own potential. The French ideal punished those who dared excel; the American model left them free to enjoy their reward.
Look how far we’ve fallen. “Social justice” is just a turd in a bowtie, a euphemism for the punitive economic leveling we escaped at our founding.