...Lincoln, in reply, after asserting their equality under the Declaration of Independence, added : " In the right to eat the bread, without the leave of...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." Douglas often said — and he commanded the cheers of his supporters when he said it — " I do not...

...happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal in many respects, — certainly...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." Later at Charleston he reiterated much of this in almost identical language, and then in his turn took...

...not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. Now I pass on to consider one or two more of these little follies. The judge is woefully at fault about...

...happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man. I agree with Judge Douglas that he is not my equal, in many respects, — certainly...Judge Douglas, and the equal of 'every living man." SPEECH, 1858. " I do not mean to say that when it (slavery) takes a turn toward ultimate extinction,...

...equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the judge's charge that the quotation he...

...equal in many respects, certainly not in color — perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments; but in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the judge's charge that the quotation he...

...equal in many respects, certainly not in color, perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments ; but in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man." I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the Judge's charge that the quotation...

...color, perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowments. But in the right to eat the bread, without leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns, he...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man. Upon a subsequent occasion, when the reason for making a statement like this recurred, I said: While...

...moral or intellectual endowment. But in the right to eat, without the leave of anybody else, the bread which his own hand earns, he is my equal and the equal...Judge Douglas, and the equal of every living man." — The Great Debate ; Ottawa, Aug. 21, 1868. XI "I think the authors of that notable instrument (the...

...equal in many respects, certainly not in color, perhaps not in intellectual and moral endowments ; but in the right to eat the bread, without the leave...the equal of Judge Douglas, and the equal of every other man." I have chiefly introduced this for the purpose of meeting the Judge's charge that the quotation...