Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette: [''reading from the [[w:Dunlap Broadside|Dunlap Broadside; [United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence; [United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|drafted; [Truths; [self|ſ<!--The Dunlap Broadside from which Lafayette is reading uses the long s.-->elf; [evident; [all; [equal; [Rights] &nbsp; ] of the ], ] by Thomas jefferson]&nbsp; "WE hold theſe ] to be ]-], that ] Men are created ], that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ]".

French man 1: &nbsp; Tous les hommes naissent-ils vraiment égaux, Monsieur Jefferson?

Translator: &nbsp; Are all men created equal, Mister Jefferson?

French man 2: &nbsp; Ou serait-il plus légitime de dire, «&nbsp;tous les blancs naissent-ils égaux&nbsp;»?

Translator: [[white people|white] &nbsp; Or should this read, "all ] men are created equal"?

Thomas jefferson: [[laws; [laws of nature|those of nature; [Negro; [alters; [wrongness; [slavery; [evil] &nbsp; We allowed for certain differences that are not caused by the ] of men, but by ].&nbsp; And though the ] may or may not be inferior, his status in no way ] the ] of ].&nbsp; It is ].

Marquis de Lafayette: [[United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|first draft; [abolition] &nbsp; Yet your ], I believe, contained a clause on the ] of slavery.

Thomas jefferson: [[essential; [Second Continental Congress|Congress] &nbsp; I considered it ], but ] struck it out of the final Declaration as being too particular.

French man 1: &nbsp; La question de l'esclavage reste donc ouverte et non resolve, chez vous?

Translator: &nbsp; So the question remains open with you and unresolved.

French man 2: &nbsp; Votre révolution, Monsieur Jefferson, nous apparait comme incomplete.

Translator: [[American Revolution|revolution] &nbsp; Your ], Mister Jefferson, appears to be incomplete.

Marquis de Lafayette: [[property] &nbsp; Why did you omit the notion of ] as one of those rights?

Thomas jefferson: [[individual; [human; [happiness; [purpose|end] &nbsp; Well, while I hold the right of the ] to possess property as basic, I consider it as a means to ] ], but not as an ] in itself.