Against Quote by Ezra Taft Benson

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation was founded:…

— Jeremiah Denton

The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the individual person…

— Alan Bock

We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not…

— Anonymous

“The Declaration of Independence . . . is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto—revelation, if you will—declaring not for…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the…

— Jimmy Carter

Our Declaration of Independence was the start of a conversation about how to achieve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every citizen.…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

“The Declaration of Independence states that we the people have the right to revolution, the right to overthrow a government that has committed abuses…

— Rodolpho Gonzales

The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or a standard,…

— H. V. Evatt

“It was because 'in 1776 our fathers retired the gods from politics.' The basic principle of the American Republic is the freedom of man…

— Joseph Lewis

The Declaration of Independence is the all-time masterpiece of ideological simplification. There in a single sentence of self-evident truth, the founding Fathers put into…

— Clarence Manion

The Declaration of Independence was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon…

— Robert Green Ingersoll