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 Copy Share Image
[John Adams] always felt that his contribution to bringing about independence went unappreciated, especially after the 1790s when [Tomas] Jefferson began to… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I hope every person who reads or hears this will take the time to go back and read the Declaration of Independence.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation… — Jeremiah Denton Copy Share Image
A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right ... Even political rights, like the right to vote, and… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
“The Declaration of Independence says that ‘all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights;… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Legalized abortion is a national holocaust; an affront to our national character; a contradiction of established principles subscribed to from the beginning… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
A team of British lawyers has now concluded that the Declaration of Independence was illegal, and the American colonies had no right… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
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