Declaration Quote by Bill Milkowski

“There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!”

— Daniel Webster

And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for each, for…

— William Lloyd Garrison

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Ask the average American what is the salient passion in his emotional armamentarium—what is the idea that lies at the bottom of all his…

— H.L. Mencken

“Union and Liberty, now and forever, one and inseparable!”

— Robert A. Caro

“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”

— Nathan Hale

In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making…

— Abraham Lincoln

“I wish that in order to secure his party’s nomination, a presidential candidate would be required to point at the sky and name all…

— Sarah Vowell

“The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I actually saw…

— Sarah Vowell

“Leave the heart that now I bear, and give me liberty!”

— Emily Brontë

“Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues!”

— Charles Dickens