Declaration Quotes · Page 4

“The boys, hearing this declaration, allowed not the slightest hint that they had ever heard anything like it before.”

— Avi

Say That! is an iron fist upside the mushy head of smooth jazz, and Grant Geissman's defiant declaration of independence.

— Bill Milkowski

Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence.

— William John Locke

Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

— Evo Morales

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

— Abraham Lincoln

“he amended the thought to say that men were “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” thus”

— Christopher Hitchens

The primary declaration of Christianity is not "This do!" but "This happened!

— Evelyn Underhill

Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad.

— John Yoo

When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman, it was a clear declaration of independence from President Clinton; no Democrat had been more critical…

— Jeff Greenfield

“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

Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made…

— Sean O'Casey

The Declaration on Strategic Partnership between India and Russia signed in October 2000 became a truly historic step. The developments in the…

— Vladimir Putin

“James Wilson, one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution, could write, summarizing early American legal practice: “In…

— Jonathan Dudley

There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Why then would people look to the United Nations as an instrument of peace, if instead all it is, is an instrument…

— Ari Fleischer

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

— Peter Weller

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

— David McCullough

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

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 Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and…

— William P. Young

I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received,…

— William Safire

Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south…

— Abraham Lincoln

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

— Henry Van Dyke

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.

— John Calvin

Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

— Mason Cooley

“Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome. ”

— Gemma Malley

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in…

— Fred D'Aguiar

I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my…

— Gregg Harper

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

— Abraham Lincoln

Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.

— Will Durant

Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite…

— Woodrow Wilson

The act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of…

— Dan Brown

If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips

— Steven Furtick

We might question God's actions, decisions, or declarations. But we can never, ever question his zany, stunning, unquenchable affection.

— Max Lucado

“When you are constantly waiting and wanting your declaration is that you are NOT.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Elijah Maluti