Declaration Of Independence Quotes

117 Declaration Of Independence quotes by 90 unique authors

• The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory… — John Adams
• For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival.… — Gary Bauer
• I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims,… — Herman Cain
• Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of some paper preamble… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to make real what… — Mary McLeod Bethune
• Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln
• The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
• I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is… — Abraham Lincoln
• Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans - the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of… — George W. Bush
• The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity… — John Quincy Adams
• In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the… — Abraham Lincoln
• I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are for everyone-including unborn… — George W. Bush
• 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… — Thomas Jefferson
• The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire… — Jimmy Carter
• Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the… — Victoria Woodhull
• Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jefferson,… — Abraham Lincoln
• As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every… — Abraham Lincoln
• America is the only nation in the world that is founded on creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind. Our… — Ronald Reagan
• The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man. — Thomas Jefferson
• To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question. — Carl L. Becker
• I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence. — Nicolas Cage
• The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says. — William J. Clinton
• Now, tell me how you're going to teach the history of Jefferson, and cut out all those quotes and cut out all these facts, and… — Newt Gingrich
• In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who Wrote These Declaration Of Independence Quotes

90 authors contributed a total of 117 Declaration Of Independence Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 9 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
• 4 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Howard Zinn
• 3 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Ronald Reagan
• 3 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 3 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Alan Keyes
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by William J. Clinton
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Samuel Eliot Morison
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by John Quincy Adams
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by John F. Kennedy
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Harriet Martineau
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by George W. Bush
• 2 Declaration Of Independence Quotes by David McCullough
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Wynton Marsalis
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Woodrow Wilson
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by William P. Young
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Will Durant
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Wilford Woodruff
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Walter E. Williams
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Victoria Woodhull
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Treat Williams
• 1 Declaration Of Independence Quote by Theodore Roosevelt