Declaration Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

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 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

The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all…

— Alan Keyes

To an American, that which deprives him of his freedom he regards as injustice, and that which allows him to enjoy that freedom he…

— Ndabaningi Sithole

The Declaration of Independence states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he…

— Vaclav Havel

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

Our Declaration of Independence guarantees full equality for all our citizens.

— Yoav Gallant

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

— Paul Gillmor

On July 4th, we renew our commitment to the American Idea-the belief that all men are created equal. We read the Declaration. We tell…

— Paul Ryan

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

In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.

— Cory Booker

In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions.…

— Calvin Coolidge