Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. — John Yoo Copy Share Image
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The primary declaration of Christianity is not "This do!" but "This happened! — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“he amended the thought to say that men were “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” thus” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Alas, that is not the case… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for… — Anonymous 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
A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
If the Chinese business community takes the Declaration of Human Rights, core labor standards, and environmental standards seriously, the government of China… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Let us build our own political machine. You've been in the Democratic Party, you got nothing. We were Republicans at one time,… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of… — John Marshall Harlan II Copy Share Image
According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson… — David McCullough 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
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
The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Today's Declaration: I am courageous. I am willing to act in spite of fear. — T. Harv Eker 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 Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image