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While the meaning of this self-evident truth may have been well understood by earlier generations of Americans, its meaning today is contested. These words from the Declaration of Independence are familiar and oft quoted. “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.”