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Declaration Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University…
- May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to…
- The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.
- He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what…
- The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.
- And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives,…
- By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by…
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- We live an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created… — Calvin Coolidge
- I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. — Abraham Lincoln