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
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
Personally, I've never had it as a goal in life to be happy. Seems impossible to achieve. Even the Declaration of Independence… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was… — Abraham Lincoln 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
The Declaration of Independence, the words that launched our nation -- 1,300 words. The Bible, the word of God -- 773,000 words.… — Steve Forbes 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
I believe that God has endowed men with certain inalienable rights as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and that no… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The date will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation's history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
Pope John Paul II himself was kind of a rather independent, creative man. I remember being told by somebody who worked very… — Chris Matthews 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
I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great… — John Stark Copy Share Image
Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
In the United States, the Constitution is a health chart left by the Founding Fathers which shows whether or not the body… — Dick Gregory 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
If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field… — Dennis Chavez Copy Share Image
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
Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if… — Peter Weller 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
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
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America is the only nation in the world that is founded on creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many… — Herman Cain 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
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
I'm still producing scripted features, and I am already working on a new documentary project with Norman Lear and Lara Bergthold. It… — Linda Goldstein Knowlton Copy Share Image
The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
America was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has… — Alex Epstein 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
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and… — Jimmy Carter 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
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
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