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Cato Podcast • June 2, 2026 

# What “All Men Are Created Equal” Actually Means 

Most Americans can recite the Declaration’s second paragraph. Far fewer understand what it really means. Paul Meany sits down with Timothy Sandefur to dig into his new book [*Proclaiming Liberty*](https://www.cato.org/books/proclaiming-liberty) to recover the Declaration as a scientifically grounded, universally applicable claim about human nature, not just a founding myth.

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### *[Proclaiming Liberty: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the Declaration of Independence](https://www.cato.org/events/proclaiming-liberty-john-adams-thomas-jefferson-declaration-independence)*

As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, *Proclaiming Liberty* revisits the revolutionary summer of 1776 through the minds of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two men whose words and ideas gave birth to modern liberty. Timothy Sandefur’s engaging narrative brings to life the “American mind” of those extraordinary Founders—their arguments, ideals, and dedication to natural rights and self-government, all of which coalesced in America’s Declaration of Independence.

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