“I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.” KnowsMenWorldMightBlackBornRegretEqualLateIndependenceSlaveDoctrineDeclarationAlways BelieveI RegretDeclaration Of IndependenceBorn Free Author:Benjamin F. Wade
“It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.” MaySelfFactsLostFearBitsEmotionalPrideEqualLosingWeaknessEmptyOppositesIndependenceDesertSelfishnessMaskCowardFearfulIntimidatedWithout LoveCowardlyTentsPersonificationBarricadesPolar OppositesAfraid To LoveLove Strength Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.” DifficultCitizensEqualIndependenceAggressionDemocracy In America Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“It is not to the moderation and justice of others we are to trust for fair and equal access to market with out productions, or for our due share in the transportation of them; but to our own means of independence, and the firm will to use them.” MeanUseJusticeShareEqualFairsIndependenceProductionsDuesAccessFirmModerationTransportation Book:Jefferson: Writings Source: Jefferson: Writings
“The idea that the object of constitutions is not to confirm the predominance of any interest, but to prevent it; to preserve with equal care the independence of labour and the security of property; to make the rich safe against envy, and the poor against oppression, marks the highest level attained by the statesmanship of Greece.” IdeasCareInterestPoorLevelsRichSecurityObjectsSafeEqualHighestConstitutionMarkIndependencePropertyEnvyOppressionPreservesLabourGreeceStatesmanship Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays) Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)
“Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.” WorldMeanHas BeensFatherMoralRightsEconomicExampleChangedGrewGeniusEqualCommitmentConstitutionIndependenceBillsLikesDefinedEnterpriseDeclarationFoundingLiberatingOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of IndependenceBill Of RightsEconomic SystemsFree EnterpriseWhat It Means To Be An American Author:Mitt Romney
“Puerto Rican independence movement wasn't just rooted in some sort of personal intransigence or some passionate Latino temperament. It was rooted in economic and political reality at the time. It also made sense since the founding principles of the United States are supposedly based on government by the consent of the governed, and the sense that all men are created equal.” MenMadeStatesRealityGovernmentPoliticalUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesEconomicMovementEqualIndependencePassionateRootedConsentFoundingTemperamentLatinoConsent Of The Governed Author:Nelson Antonio Denis
“At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that of Kenya. The mediocrity of leadership is across the continent .” YearsEconomyEconomicEqualIndependenceSouthMediocrityContinentsKoreaDown The RoadKenyaIndicatorsSouth Korea Author:Raila Odinga
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” MenLifeSelfTruthHappinessCertainChangeFreedomLibertyRightsPoliticianEqualConstitutionIndependenceCreatorEqualityPursuitFourthAmerican DreamEvidentDeclaration4th Of JulyPursuit Of HappinessJulyFreedom LibertyReligious FreedomDeclaration Of IndependenceIndividual RightsFreedom Of ReligionRights And FreedomsRight To LifeAmerican PatrioticNatural RightsDeismInalienable RightsUs ConstitutionFounding Fathers DemocracyLiberty And JusticeAmerica FreedomJuly 4th 1776Price Of FreedomUsa PatrioticEquality For AllIndependence And FreedomAmerican FreedomHappy Independence Day Usa4th Of July InspirationalUnalienable RightsDeistLiberty And EqualityEquality Of ManFourth Of July InspirationalLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness4th Of July WishesConsent Of The GovernedUs Independence DayHappy 4th Of JulyHuman EqualityCreator God4th Of July MilitaryBest Things In Life Are FreePursuit Of JusticePopular SovereigntyRights In AmericaRights To LifeDomestic Tranquility Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The struggle for independence here has been conducted in equal measure by men and by women. And when we got our independence, no one forgot that. In the Western world, on the other hand, nothing of the kind has ever happened - women have participated, yes, but revolutions have always been made by men alone.” MenWorldKindHas BeensMadeHandsStruggleHappenedRevolutionEqualIndependenceWesternWestern World Author:Indira Gandhi
“Everyone, everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off because there is worth and goodness in every life. Straight from the declaration of independence, that is the Republican ideal. And if we won't defend it, who will?” IfsWrittenRepublicanEqualGoodnessIdealsIndependenceDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceEveryone Is Equal Author:Paul Ryan
“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.” IfsMenWantedEffortPrinciplesEqualShameIndependenceSlaveryFoundersDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceAdvocacy Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“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.” PeopleMenCountryEqualDignityConstitutionIndependenceBiblicalDeclarationPrintingDeclaration Of IndependencePsalms Author:Steve Green
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” MenYearsFatherNationsPresidentChangeFreedomLibertyFourEqualYears AgoIndependenceSlaveSevenEqualityCivil WarScorePatrioticDedicatedContinentsPropositionsSeven Years4th Of JulyOur FatherJulyAmerican Civil WarIndependence DayAmerican PresidentAmerican PatrioticUs PresidentGreat PatrioticBeing EqualGreat PresidentsGettysburgJuly 4th 1776Equality Of PeopleEquality For AllHappy Independence Day Usa4th Of July InspirationalAmerican SlaverySlavery In AmericaLiberty And EqualityEquality Of ManFourth Of July Inspirational4th Of July WishesUs Independence DayUs Civil WarFunny 4th Of JulyGettysburg Address Author:Abraham Lincoln
“The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.” IfsMenFactsDemocracyRightsDivineEqualBasesIndependenceDogmaDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceDogmaticOrigin Of Man Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not from the King of England, not from the judiciary, not from government at all, but from God. The keystone of our system of popular sovereignty is the recognition, as the Declaration acknowledges, that 'all men are created equal' and 'endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.' Religion and God are no alien to our system of government, they're integral to it.” MenShouldGovernmentRememberCertainRightsKingsEqualEnglandIndependenceHistoricalCreatorRecognitionAliensAcknowledgeDocumentsDeclarationSovereigntyDeclaration Of IndependenceExplicitJudiciaryKeystonesSystems Of GovernmentUnalienable RightsPopular Sovereignty Author:Mark Levin