Thomas Jefferson stated

"We hold these truths to be self _ that all men are created equal."

This was in the decl; aration of indepedndencce

The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence starts as follows: 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