"Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity,……" — Abraham Lincoln

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• Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just… — Russell Baker
• The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of… — John Adams
• For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were… — Gary Bauer
• Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck
• No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by… — Theodore Bikel
• In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of… — Tony Blair
• I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States.… — Herman Cain
• Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom,… — Thomas Jefferson
• What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants… — Mary McLeod Bethune
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility… — U Thant
• From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and… — John Quincy Adams

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