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• The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and… — John Adams
• For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to… — Gary Bauer
• 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
• 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
• 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,… — Ronald Reagan
• I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal… — Abraham Lincoln
• Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans - the Liberty Bell. When… — George W. Bush
• The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . .… — 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… — Abraham Lincoln
• I do not believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are just for the strong, the independent, the healthy. They are… — George W. Bush

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