Declaration Quotes · Page 5

All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson.

— Andy Borowitz

A declaration of others matters less unless our lord declares. it is not over until JESUS says it is over!!

— Elijah Maluti

In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our…

— Herman Melville

To say that you are being carried is a declaration of enormous faith and hope.

— Fred Rogers

“ I am saying to you that to me the Constitution of the United States is just as much from my Heavenly…

— George Albert Smith

Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

— Rufus Choate

Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of…

— Moshe Dayan

Justification is God's declaration that we, though guilty sinners, are righteous in God's eyes.

— Kevin DeYoung

“What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two…

— Barack Obama

When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was…

— Peter Medawar

If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the…

— Terence McKenna

Japan announced that it would not comply with this declaration [ 1956]. Later on, the Soviet Union also declared that the declaration…

— Vladimir Putin

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that…

— Jenny Shipley

What is art? (...) Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession. An unconscious act…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and…

— John Adams

“It is a new Declaration of Independence: No longer do we hold these truths to be self-evident, we hold all truths to…

— Tom Nichols

Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of…

— John Quincy Adams

The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy…

— Peter Gabriel

When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way…

— Mike Huckabee

The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for…

— David McCullough

Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if…

— Peter Weller

Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity.…

— Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon Hell and Damnation-upon an attempt to scare people…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

'The Founding Fathers established a nation under God; Ruled not by arbitrary decrees of Kings or whims, of entrenched elites but by…

— Anonymous

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

— Thomas Jefferson

Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

— Rafael Cruz

Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

— Barack Obama

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

— Abraham Lincoln

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.

— Anonymous

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

— Harriet Martineau

I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

— Padgett Powell

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

— George W. Bush

Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.

— John Dewey

It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.

— John Green

“I've gotta say what I've gotta say and then I swear I'll go away, but I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise.”

— Corey Taylor

Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.

— Anonymous

I'm not necessarily interested in being the best Indian artist. I want to be the best artist I can be. That's enough…

— Anish Kapoor

Making a definitive declaration of intent or meaning kills the photograph.

— Daido Moriyama

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.

— Samuel Eliot Morison

“I would like to build a garden,' she declared. 'After all of this... I think the world needs more gardens.”

— Sarah J. Maas