Bankrupt Quote by Eric Massa

“The Westminster government continued to aggravate the situation by haughty mismanagement, and on 4 July 1776 the Congress passed a Declaration of Independence from…

— Adam Zamoyski

The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play 'helicopter parent' to…

— Ben Sasse

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to…

— Ben Manski

Without Virginia, as we must all acknowledge--without her Patrick Henry among the people, her Lees and Jefferson in the forum, and her Washington in…

— Robert Charles Winthrop

“In America, too, the reality behind the words of the Declaration of Independence (issued in the same year as Adam Smith’s capitalist manifesto, The…

— Howard Zinn

Thank god our Founding Fathers didn't decide to declare independence in winter

— Anonymous

The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about independence in…

— Gordon S. Wood

“That there would be a political advantage in having the declaration written by a Virginian was clear, for the same reason there had been…

— David McCullough

The Declaration of Independence is so lucid were afraid of it today. It scares the hell out of every modern bureaucrat, because it tells…

— Karl Hess

“Hinkle, having made a treaty with the mob on his own responsibility, to carry out his treachery, marched the troops out of the city,…

— Joseph Smith Jr

All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson.

— Andy Borowitz

The Declaration of Independence promised citizens equal access to economic opportunity. This was the powerful principle for which men were willing to fight the…

— Heather Cox Richardson