The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence as a right of all Americans, as well as on the… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The doctrine of the Declaration of Independence predicated upon the glory of man and the corresponding duty to society that the rights… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. Either our rights come from God, as our Declaration of Independence says, or they come from… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the modern interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is something like this: I am as… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
“Needless to say, this fragile experiment began by taking for granted the ugly conquest of Amerindians and Mexicans, the exclusion of women,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
In America, one of the great liberal documents of the world is the Declaration of Independence. One of the great conservative documents… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government,… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We may first observe that communism and socialism--which we shall hereafter group together and dub Statism--cannot live with Christianity nor with any… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans - the Liberty Bell. When… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Now, tell me how you're going to teach the history of Jefferson, and cut out all those quotes and cut out all… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
If you believe in the values of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, if you're willing to work… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
