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. ”
در آن اعلامیه به طرز شکوهمندی قید شده است :‏ « ما به این حقیقت بدیهی معتقدیم که جمیع انسان‌ها برابر خلق شده‌اند .‏ »