Argument Quote by Samuel Adams

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

The First Continental Congress made its first act a prayer, the beginning of a great tradition. We have then a lesson from the founders…

— Ronald Reagan

During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W. - (laughter…

— James Monroe

This is where the Continental Congress met over two hundred years ago during the American Revolution. So, Lancaster was actually the capital of our…

— Dan Quayle

Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by…

— Samuel Adams

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of…

— John F. Kennedy

It wouldn't take us long to discover the substance of that dream. It is found in those majestic words of the Declaration of Independence,…

— Anonymous

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

— Nicolas Cage

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion…

— John Brown

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead…

— Wynton Marsalis