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Declaration Quotes by John Quincy Adams
- From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The…
- The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity…
- [America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto…
- Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it…
- The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.
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- For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to… — 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 mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel
- In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its… — Tony Blair
- I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many… — Herman Cain
- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father… — Thomas Jefferson
- What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to… — Mary McLeod Bethune
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the… — U Thant
- Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln