evidence: Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense," -his famous book filled with hopes and dreams for an equalitarian society right in the middle of a revolution. [...] "And the reason is quite simple. Despite our talk about rugged individualism, man is and ever shall be a social animal. He cannot provide for his physical, material and moral development in isolation. Of necessity, he has to associate with others like himself. [...] One eloquent commentator recently said this: "Genuine democracy in any valid Christian sense or truly American tradition does not cultivate the pretense that all men are created equal in every respect. Democracy calls upon us to promote equal opportunity, equal justice, and a recognition of those essential equalities which flow from essential human personality..."