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“I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.”

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Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.”

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Author:Jim Gerlach

“Today, on this day of possibility, we stand in the shadow of a lanky, raw-boned man with little formal education who once took the stage at Old Main and told the nation that if anyone did not believe the American principles of freedom and equality, that those principles were timeless and all-inclusive, they should go rip that page out of the Declaration of Independence.”

“In the great Declaration of our principles, it didn't say that all are created equal "if you so choose." It said that all are created equal by the power and the will of God, and that we must respect their rights as we respect that will.”

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Author:Alan Keyes

“This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.”

“In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.”

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Book:Redburn's First Voyage: Works of Melville

Source: Redburn's First Voyage: Works of Melville

“I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles.”

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Author:Thomas A. Edison

“[Joseph Smith] foresaw the time when the destiny of the nation would be in danger and would hang as by a thread. Thank God he did not see the thread break. He also indicated the important part that this people should yet play in standing for the principles embodied in these sacred documents - the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.”