Word: misinterpretation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perversion of history to take the famous words, "All men are created equal," in the Declaration of Independence and misinterpret them as a constitutional basis for declaring that all races are equal. All this phrase meant was that the colonial English gentleman was the equal of the English gentleman in the home country...
...hope that no one will misinterpret my message, however, as suggesting that historical and statistical standards should be accepted as either the measure of the ideal or the attainable. There are glorious records of a few to show what should be attainable by the many. In terms of ideals regarding the obligations of a person to his country, his fellows and his own self-respect, the record contains many sources of regret and a few of shame...