Declaration Quotes

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In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality,… — Calvin Coolidge
So goes America in terms of freedom, so goes the rest of the world. And so that document [Declaration of Independence] I would argue is… — Randy Forbes
Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress? — Arlen Specter
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing.… — Edmund Burke
Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed he Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could… — Wilford Woodruff
The whole earth, then, belongs to Jesus. It belongs to him by right of creation, by right of redemption and by right of future inheritance… — Christopher J. H. Wright
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence,… — James Madison
The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth… — Theodore Roosevelt
The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel ation,… — Ezra Taft Benson
All of these declarations of what writing ought to be, which I had myself-though, thank God I had never committed them to paper-I think are… — Jamaica Kincaid
Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word 'democracy' does not… — Neal Boortz
In a world that might say one vote doesn't matter..., it does matter because each person is of infinite worth and value to God... Your… — Billy Graham
A team of British lawyers has now concluded that the Declaration of Independence was illegal, and the American colonies had no right to secede from… — Jay Leno
The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action. — J I Packer
On July 4th, we renew our commitment to the American Idea-the belief that all men are created equal. We read the Declaration. We tell our… — Paul Ryan
Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself.… — Alan Alda
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. — Treat Williams
That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture. — Augustus Toplady
Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State. — Moshe Dayan
. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race? — Harriet Martineau

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