Best Declaration Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 6

“Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.”

Ifs Men Wanted Effort Principles Equal Shame Independence Slavery Founders Declaration Declaration Of Independence Advocacy

Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the Declaration of Independence.”

Facts Nations Principles Understood Independence Declaration Founding Declaration Of Independence

Author:Daniel Fried

“Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But who is holding them to account? Our mission is to make it known that these conventions are good tools for civil society to hold their local authority, their government and businesses accountable.”

“If the Chinese business community takes the Declaration of Human Rights, core labor standards, and environmental standards seriously, the government of China will take them far more seriously, too.”

Ifs Humans Government Community Rights Standards Labor Environmental Human Rights China Core Chinese Declaration Declaration Of Human Rights

Author:Mary Robinson

“There was a hemispheric conference in Colombia. It couldn't reach a consensus, so there was no declaration that came out, [but] on the crucial issues, Canada and the US were totally isolated. The rest of the hemisphere voted one way, and the US and Canada rejected it. So there couldn't be a consensus.”

Way Issues One Way Canada Crucial Isolated Rejected Declaration Conferences Consensus Colombia Hemisphere

Author:Noam Chomsky

“'Who am I?' The answer is 'I am God'. The body comes and goes, but the Atma is permanent. The body has birth and death, but the spirit does not have any of these. You reach the stage where you say, 'I am God', but even there, there is duality, 'God and I'. That is not the full Truth. When we breathe, the breath makes the sound of 'So-Hum', 'He am I'. There is still the body consciousness, the 'I'. But in deep sleep, the declaration of 'He' and 'I' falls away and only '0' and 'M' remain, 'Om'; there is only the One.”

Doe Stills Body Spirit Fall Sound Sleep Answers Consciousness Stage Birth Breaths Breathe Permanent Declaration Comes And Goes Duality Birth And Death Deep Sleep

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“All of depiction is fiction, it's only a question of degree. When we think of images, such as the signing of the declaration of independence, we think of that wonderful John Trumbull painting Declaration of Independence that is at the Yale Art Gallery and on the back of our money. When we think of that historical moment we think of that image. That image never happened like that. All of those people were never in that room together to sign that paper. It's a beautiful fiction to help us have an understanding of what went on.”

People Thinking Art Moments Helping Together Beautiful Understanding Wonderful Painting Independence Historical Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Titus Kaphar

“Sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith. For me, it was reading about how the Catholic Church wrestled with itself in the 1960s. Pope John XXIII set Nostra Aetate - the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions - in motion. It changed the relationship between Jews and Catholics. Today, Jews and Catholics meet as friends. If you can do that, after the longest history of hatred the world has known, that empowers you as a Jew or a Muslim to wrestle with your faith.”

World Sometimes Today Reading Church Changed Hatred Relation Catholic Jew Empowering Wrestling Pope Declaration 1960s

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.”

World War Action Military War Of The Worlds World War I Declaration

Author:John Yoo

“We can do a bit of blaming: the proliferation of devices means we're always at work, always on call, always available. Physically leaving the office isn't a declaration of being off work anymore; your office is in your bag or pocket.”

Mean Office Blame Leaving Declaration

Author:Katrina Onstad

“The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meaningful way, you have to bring in the roles of African Americans - the enslaved blacks - and the roles of women, who were scarcely acknowledged by those documents. You have to discuss why slavery wasn't outlawed by the Constitution, why women weren't given the votes. The Bill of Rights isn't about dead white males anymore, and it's not just about live white males either; it's about every minority group that exists.”

Vote Constitution Independence Slavery Meaningful African American Declaration Declaration Of Independence Bill Of Rights

Author:Russell Freedman

“Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if you cease to teach cursive writing, how does one know how to, I don’t know, replicate the Declaration of Independence? Or the orations of Cicero? Is it just going to be on the internet?”

People Writing Teach Internet Independence Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Peter Weller

“Let us build our own political machine. You've been in the Democratic Party, you got nothing. We were Republicans at one time, at least, we had a fake declaration of emancipation. No, if you and I unite with that man, and that man is Elijah Muhammad, the Messenger-Messiah, with the help of Allah he said, I will get you what you want and I know what you want for I am your brother.”

Men Helping Political Party Brother Republican Democratic Fake Declaration Democratic Party Muhammad Emancipation Elijah

Author:Louis Farrakhan

“We're all as bureaucrats, or people who are - who work for state, every year we present our declaration of our incomes and expenditures to our special organs who control and double-control the declaration.”

People Special Declaration

Author:Dmitry Peskov

“The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words "All Men" exclude a vast number of citizens.”

Men Purpose Empty Independence Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Colson Whitehead

“People don't even recognize who the Founding Fathers of the United States were. They were exceptional human beings - when you signed the Declaration of Independence, that was a death warrant they signed their name to. You have to have courage to put your name on a death warrant against the most powerful nation in the world at that time. And yet, we didn't honor who they really were. They were deists. They lived an enlightened belief system.”

People World Father Belief Powerful Honor Independence Enlightened Most Powerful Declaration Exceptional Have Courage Declaration Of Independence

Author:Bruce H. Lipton

“Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong.”

Pieces Glorious Rhetoric Declaration

Author:Russell Baker

“There are a number of Americans who've been taught that, that the Constitution has nothing to do with immigration. The Declaration of Independence has nothing to do with it. It's the Statue of Liberty. And there is complete and total ignorance about it. And I maintain it's because they have not been taught the truth. And even if they have been taught the truth, they have rejected it in favor of what their political biases happen to be as their political biases relate to their narrative and the agenda.”

Political Liberty Ignorance Constitution Independence Immigration Rejected Declaration Declaration Of Independence Statue Of Liberty

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I'm not necessarily interested in being the best Indian artist. I want to be the best artist I can be. That's enough of a declaration of intent.”

Enough Artist Being The Best Declaration Best Artist

Author:Anish Kapoor

“Personally, I've never had it as a goal in life to be happy. Seems impossible to achieve. Even the Declaration of Independence seems to acknowledge this. They talk about the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself.”

Goal Impossible Achieve Independence Acknowledge Declaration Pursuit Of Happiness Declaration Of Independence Life Goal

Author:Jonathan Ames

“When I went to an Aspen seminar on "American Scriptures" - the bicentennial of the Declaration and they discussed the preamble and the Gettysburg Address and much more, but not Lincoln's Second Inauguration, I challenged that omission and they said find something on it and to my astonishment, at that time, there was no book or long article that really did it. So I wrote one that attempted to do it justice. Although obscurely published, that essay got a nice bounce. Somehow David Donald saw it, and in his notes to his biography singled it out.”

Long Book Justice Nice Scripture Declaration Essays Inauguration Gettysburg

Author:William Lee Miller

“Congress actually authorized the printing and payment for a Bible. That illustrates the high regard that the Bible was held in early American society. We see biblical ideas woven into the founding documents of our country like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence explicity states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." This is a biblical idea stemming from the dignity of all people - Psalm 139:14 - we are fearfully and wonderfully made.”

People Men Country Equal Dignity Constitution Independence Biblical Declaration Printing Declaration Of Independence Psalms

Author:Steve Green

“I like to be depressing. I feel it's my duty to make everyone a little less happy. You know that line in the Declaration of Independence, "the pursuit of happiness"? I've come to think that it has no meaning at all. You cannot pursue happiness. And to think that this bad little sentence has determined our lives.”

Thinking Duty Independence Determined Depressing Declaration Pursuit Of Happiness Declaration Of Independence

Author:Jamaica Kincaid

“The thing to remember about the Declaration of Independence and the profession of freedom is that it was written by people who were quite free and who were surrounded by people who were not free. The people who wrote the Declaration of Independence were ventriloquists really. The obsession with freedom makes no sense when it applies to them.”

People Remember Independence Profession Obsession Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Jamaica Kincaid

“I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.”

Thinking Play Protect Independence Declaration Declaration Of Independence Archives Curator

Author:Diane Kruger

“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.”

Men Use Equal Separation Practicals Britain Declaration Assertion Great Britain

Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln

“Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.”

Men Action Together Nations Revolution Independence Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Wynton Marsalis

“The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.”

Shows Political Effects Stage Glory Independence Ran Declaration Theatrical Declaration Of Independence Independence Day

Book:John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

Source: John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.”

Should Believe I Believe Nations Moral Principles Records Four Survival Independence Officials Founders Indispensable Declaration Declaration Of Independence Moral Principles Elected Officials

Author:Gary Bauer

“If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.”

Ifs Men Heart Made Waiting Prayer Mistake Honest Fellows Word Of God Instruction Lacking Declaration Fellow Man Great Mistakes Uprightness

Book:Answers to Prayer

Source: Answers to Prayer

“President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.”

People Needs States Helping President Community News Neighbor Texas Declaration Emergencies President Bush Wildfires Great News

Author:Randy Neugebauer

“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.”

Years Made Two Nations Simple Economy Military Greatness Pride Hundred Years Ago Size Height Tonight Patriotic Declaration Premises Skyscraper

Author:Barack Obama

“What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'”

Way War Conservative Declaration Declaration Of War

Author:Ron Paul

“The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.”

War Reality Economic Amount Trade Democrat Hills Hiking Legislation Declaration Caps Capitol Midwest Capitol Hill Declaration Of War

Author:Mike Pence

“The fundamental idea which defines a human being as a Muslim is the declaration of faith: that there is a creator, whom we call God - or Allah, in Arabic - and that the creator is one and single. And we declare this faith by the declaration of faith, where we... bear witness that there is no God but God.”

Humans Ideas Human Beings Bears Fundamentals Creator Witness Declaration There Is No God

Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf

“Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.”

Knows Wells Said Atheism Independence Atheist Swear Declaration Oath Cabinets Declaration Of Independence

Author:Pat Robertson

“A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.”

Years Said Wanted Reading Couple Years Ago Independence Tired Ancient Greek Novelists Historian Marvelous Declaration Declaration Of Independence Ancient Greek

Author:Richard Russo

“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 government.”

Government Rights Independence Founders Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Paul Ryan

“No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.”

Doubt Unity Mere No Doubt Declaration

Author:Theodore Bikel

“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”

Writing War Reality Political Military Polite Declaration Diplomacy Politeness Diplomatic Good Manners Diplomats Being Polite Declaration Of War

Author:Otto von Bismarck

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”

Men Self Women Inspiring Equal Diversity Men And Women Social Justice Equality American Dream Womens Rights Evident Declaration 4th Of July Equal Rights Pursuit Of Happiness July Declaration Of Independence I Had A Dream Individual Rights American Patriotic Natural Rights Being Equal Abolitionist Inalienable Rights Us Constitution American Patriot Liberty And Justice America Freedom Independence Day Patriotic July 4th 1776 Usa Patriotic Equality For All Independence And Freedom Great Freedom I Have A Dream Speech Kings Speech American Freedom Happy Independence Day Usa 4th Of July Inspirational Woman Suffrage Liberty And Equality Social Equality Equality Of Man Fourth Of July Inspirational Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness 4th Of July Wishes Consent Of The Governed Us Independence Day Happy 4th Of July Freedom And Equality Liberty And Justice For All Human Equality Pursuit Of Justice Greatness Of America Fairness And Equality Rights In America Rights To Life Equality Under The Law

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.”

War Given Finals Iraq Declaration April Wmd Gulf War

Author:Tony Blair

“I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.”

Should Humans Doubt Rights Universal Human Rights Lists Declaration Declaration Of Human Rights

Author:Antonio Tabucchi

“In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.”

States Today United United States Policy Wall Independence Foreign Policy Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Book:Howard Zinn on War

Source: Howard Zinn on War

“Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know me (although you have seen me, smiled at me). I know you (although not so well as I would like. I want to be there when your eyes flutter open in the morning, and you see me, and you smile. Surely this would be paradise enough?). So I do declare myself to you now, with pen set to paper. I declare it again: I love you.”

Knows Way Want Love Wells Enough Would Be Eye Morning Love You Paper Letters Paradise Encounters Pens Know Me Declaration Old Fashioned Prelude Way I Love You

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Let neither tear nor reproach besmirch this declaration of the mastery of God who, with magnificent irony, granted me both the gift of books and the night.”

Book Night Tears Granted Irony Mastery Magnificent Declaration Reproach

Author:Jorge Luis Borges

“The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried the fight for independence forward a year of all-too-few victories, of sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear, as they would never forget, but also of phenomenal courage and bedrock devotion to country, and that, too they would never forget.”

Source: David McCullough American History E-book Box Set: John Adams, 1776, Truman, The Course of Human Events

“Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to consider themselves very important. Whereas intelligence, honesty, straightforwardness, good-naturedness and morality are qualities usually found among people who claim to be non-believers.”

People Important Found Quality Honesty Morality Claims Believer Dull Confession Declaration Immoral Orthodoxy Non Believer

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.”

Love Declaration Jace Clary Fray Unrequited Fray Declarations Of Love

Book:City of Bones: TV Tie-in

Source: City of Bones: TV Tie-in

“You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. — I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. — Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”

Source: The Works of John Adams Vol. 1: Life of John Adams

Declaration Quotes

Related topics

Declaration Quotes