“About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.” YearsStatesUseFoundUnitedUnited StatesSunYears AgoChainsPotClothingsDozenDeclarationItemsShieldsBicycleCleanersRagsHeadbands Author:Colum McCann
“In America, one of the great liberal documents of the world is the Declaration of Independence. One of the great conservative documents of the world is the Constitution of the United States. We need both documents to build a country. One to get it started - liberal. And the other to help maintain the structure over the years - conservative.” WorldNeedsYearsCountryStatesHelpingAmericaUnitedUnited StatesConstitutionIndependenceStructureConservativeDocumentsDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceConstitution Of The United StatesGreat ConservativeGreat Liberal Author:Jim Rohn
“We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” HumansTodayNationsUnitedRightsMankindEventsUniversalHuman RightsApprovalDeclarationUnited NationsAssemblyThresholdGreat EventsGeneral AssemblyDeclaration Of Human Rights Book:The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Source: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
“The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...', the US will be rather pissed off.” PeopleWritingSelfStatesHandsNextUnitedStepsUnited StatesWonderfulIndependenceHistoricalIronyMarsEvidentDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceNext StepsPissed OffColonists Author:Eric Idle
“Why then would people look to the United Nations as an instrument of peace, if instead all it is, is an instrument of putting out declarations that nobody intends to take seriously anyway?” PeopleIfsLooksWarNationsUnitedInstrumentsDeclarationUnited Nations Author:Ari Fleischer
“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.” WorldUsePurposeStrongForceNationsUnitedPrinciplesExampleParticularThreatObligationConformityDeclarationUnited NationsDisputesProhibitionDisarmamentCharterUse Of Force Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are rooted in a Christian perspective of the nature of government and the nature of man. The challenge of the next millennium will be to preserve the American experiment by restoring its Christian perspective.” MenDoeStatesGovernmentChristianNextChallengesUnitedUnited StatesPerspectiveConstitutionIndependenceScaryExperimentsPreservesOfficialsRootedDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceMillenniumRestoringNature Of ManConstitution Of The United StatesTheocracy Author:William H. Pryor, Jr.
“I'm in love with this country called "America." I'm a huge fan of America. I'm one of those annoying fans - you know, the ones that read the cd notes and follow you into bathrooms and ask you all kinds of annoying questions about why you didn't live up to that. I'm that kind of fan. I've read the Declaration of Independence, and I've read the Constitution of the United States, and they are some liner notes, dude.” KnowsKindCountryStatesAmericaAsksUnitedUnited StatesFansHugeConstitutionIndependenceNotesImmigrationAll KindsAnnoyingDeclarationBathroomCdsDeclaration Of IndependenceConstitution Of The United States Author:Edward de Bono