'Equal opportunity' is not a 'founding principle'. Just that they are 'equal' i.e. before God, or before the Law. That one man is not from some superior linea

'Equal opportunity' is not a 'founding principle'. Just that they are 'equal' i.e. before God, or before the Law. That one man is not from some superior lineage, that makes him a superior being. I would be the founding fathers would have no problem if one man decided to 'discriminate' among others for some arbitrary reason - even if they were landholding men of high status etc..