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The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity

— John Adams

Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of some paper…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

— Thomas Jefferson

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation -- 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God -- 773,000 words. The Tax…

— Steve Forbes

They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy.…

— Howard Zinn

In name we had the Declaration of Independence in 1776; but we gave the lie by our acts to the words of the Declaration…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead…

— Wynton Marsalis

Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion…

— John Brown

The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the individual person…

— Alan Bock

I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the…

— Herman Cain

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which…

— Ronald Reagan

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

— Nicolas Cage

We must remember when we speak of the "negativism" of the toddler that this is also the child who is intoxicated with the discoveries…

— Selma Fraiberg