The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together… — Wynton Marsalis 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
those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
I think [John] Adams was correct when he said that his May resolutions were "an Epocha, a decisive Event," and tantamount to… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and… — Cokie Roberts Copy Share Image
Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in… — Samuel Dash Copy Share Image
The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
So goes America in terms of freedom, so goes the rest of the world. And so that document [Declaration of Independence] I… — Randy Forbes Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has… — Andrew Cuomo 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
I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but… — Benjamin F. Wade 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
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution… — William H. Pryor, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm in love with this country called "America." I'm a huge fan of America. I'm one of those annoying fans - you… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
“Either ‘the group’ is superior or the individual is superior. Marxism, socialism, fascism, and pure democracy are all forms that give power… — Dave Champion Copy Share Image
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worth while. . . . The… — Samuel Eliot Morison 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
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity — John Adams Copy Share Image
Read the Declaration of Independence to your children as a tradition every Fourth of July. Make sure they understand why the word… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile. — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question. — Carl L. Becker Copy Share Image
It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God,… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
He gave me a copy of The Declaration of Independence, then he got a tattoo that says Give Me Liberty Or Give… — Randy Glasbergen Copy Share Image
To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the… — Daniel Fried 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
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