Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
One can interpret any way one wants, but Jefferson literally meant all men. Women were not considered politically relevant at the time, and were certainly not considered to be the equal of men in any view.
Thorn not only are you correct but to go a bit further. "Men" was also meant as citizen, as at the time of the constitution there were PLENTY of groups of people living in this country that were not considered relevant. Multiple races in this country were viewed as live stock. If you didn't come from the right parts of Europe you were not human in this country for a very, very long time.