Declaration Quote by Will Durant

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

— Harriet Martineau

The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and…

— Colson Whitehead

“the Declaration of Independence does not mean we are equal in endowments, only in rights.”

— Dinesh D'Souza

Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

— Margaret J. Wheatley

If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of…

— Terence McKenna

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from…

— Paul Ryan

The Declaration of Independence...is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution's refusal to 'deny or disparage' other rights is…

— Laura Schlessinger

Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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

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

I hope every person who reads or hears this will take the time to go back and read the Declaration of Independence. Only by…

— Ron Paul

“Sovereignty...as understood in the Declaration of Independence was originally, and by nature, the equal and unalienable possession of individual human beings. The original equality…

— Harry V. Jaffa