談談 "人生而平等"這句話
「人皆生而平等」"All men are created equal"
是美國前總統傑弗遜Thommas Jefferson在1776年, 寫在美國獨立宣言的一句話
那段完整的文字如下:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of
Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to
alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation
on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to the shall see
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
[中文翻譯: 鄭浩中 (阿波羅網)]
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我們認為下面這些真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物者賦予他們若干不
可剝奪的權利，其中包括生命權、自由權和追求幸福的權利。為了保障這些權
利，人類才在他們之間建立政府，而政府之正當權力，是經被治理者的同意而產生的。當
任何形式的政府對這些目標具破壞作用時，人民便有權力改變或廢除它，
以建立一個新的政府。