Charter Quote by John Dickinson

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

— James Madison

As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be…

— James Madison

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind.…

— Ronald Reagan

The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states, and the organic laws of the territories all alike propose…

— Susan B. Anthony

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

— Heinrich Heine

The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.

— Thomas Jefferson

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by…

— James Madison

All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.

— William Kingdon Clifford

The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being,…

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life,…

— Lisa Murkowski

Our nation's founding fathers carefully crafted a Bill of Rights - an articulation of personal liberties woven into the entire fabric of our free…

— Wayne LaPierre

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

— Aldous Huxley