We deny, without regard to color, that 'all men are created equal'; it is not true now, and was not true when Jefferson wrote it.


As quoted in Pitchfork Ben Tillman, South Carolinian (1967), by Francis Butler Simkins. Louisiana State University Press. OCLC 1877696, p. 144.

Benjamin Tillman Quotes

We deny, without regard to color, that 'all men are created equal'; it is not true now, and was not true when Jefferson wrote it.

We deny, without regard to color, that 'all men are created equal'; it is not true now, and was not true when Jefferson wrote it.

We deny, without regard to color, that 'all men are created equal'; it is not true now, and was not true when Jefferson wrote it.

We deny, without regard to color, that 'all men are created equal'; it is not true now, and was not true when Jefferson wrote it.