Still, John Adams evidently had his doubts that people are really equal, for he wrote: “Inequality of Mind and Body are so established by God Almighty in his Constitution of Human Nature that no art or policy can ever plane them down to a level. ”
Deklarācijā bija ietverts arī šāds cildens apgalvojums: ” Mēs uzskatām par pašsaprotamu patiesību, ka visi cilvēki ir radīti vienlīdzīgi. ” Tomēr pats Dž.