I actually approve of this . I don ' t think we ever should have been . And I mean ever . Starting with 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 in a country with slavery and established its government based on which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three fifths of all other Persons . Beacon of the free world was always a load of hooey . Ask the slaves . Ask the First Nations . Ask the Asians who were denied citizenship and the rights to own land . Ask the JapaneseAmericans as they were being shipped to concentration camps . Hell , if they were still alive . ask my parents . Whose interracial marriage was illegal in 25 % of this fake beacon of freedom .