Chance Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

— Abraham Lincoln

“I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. --February 22, 1861”

— Abraham Lincoln

Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let…

— Abraham Lincoln

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let…

— Abraham Lincoln

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

— Abraham Lincoln

Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the…

— Abraham Lincoln

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all…

— Abraham Lincoln

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

— Nicolas Cage

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the individual person…

— Alan Bock

Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion…

— John Brown

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead…

— Wynton Marsalis