#clara

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. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#britain #created #declaration #effecting #equal

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. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#change #declaration #few #hanging #independence

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. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#added #any #declaration #doubt #doubts

In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#austin #colony #declaration #established #first

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#country #declaration #get #independence #took

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require. ↗

— Martin McGuinness

#about #being #british #british government #clarification

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. ↗

— George Muller

#counsel #declarations #did #fellow-men #god

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#civil #civil war #constitution #declaration #i

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?' ↗

— Ron Paul

#conservative #declaration #full #go #other

The 'anchor baby' thing needs to be fixed... Anchor babies are an unconstitutional declaration of citizenship to those born of non-Americans. It's wrong, and it's immoral. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#babies #baby #born #citizenship #declaration