The Declaration Quotes

I don't want you to be my fan. I want you to be mine.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the foundation of justice and citizenship in our republic.

If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all to the unborn child, the right to life.

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.

Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?

No senator's vote, except for the declaration of war or the authorization for the use of force, is more important than the confirmation of a nominee for the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.

But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence.

Say That! is an iron fist upside the mushy head of smooth jazz, and Grant Geissman's defiant declaration of independence.

In a world that might say one vote doesn't matter..., it does matter because each person is of infinite worth and value to God... Your vote is a declaration of importance as a person and a citizen.

Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self.

This wasn't any mere song and dance; here was a bold, blaring declaration howling itself into the empty face of death.

The act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of my own flesh.

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.

This declaration alone will help stop the crisis of illegal crossings and illegal overstays, very importantly.

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

I think [John] Adams was correct when he said that his May resolutions were "an Epocha, a decisive Event," and tantamount to a declaration of independence.

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

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.

I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is. This is my declaration.

Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.

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.

The Millennium Declaration was a solemn pledge to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty.

The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the related Accra Agenda for Action, are useful policy instruments that set out the mutual responsibilities of donors and recipient countries.

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.

This isn't romance. This isn't a declaration of love or affirmation of friendship. This is something more.

I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

If we are negative by nature, we Americans are more human than most. The Founding Fathers loved going negative. Heck, the Declaration of Independence is one long negative ad.

Sannyas is only a declaration. The work is meditation. In one single word, my religion is complete, and that is meditation.

This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental Congress.

Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.

I enclose to you a copy of the declaration of independence as agreed to by the House, and also, as originally framed. You will judge whether it is the better or worse for the Critics.

To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence and since.

Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love.

Japan announced that it would not comply with this declaration [ 1956]. Later on, the Soviet Union also declared that the declaration could not be fulfilled unilaterally, by the USSR alone.

The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says.

Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Vir

Ungodliness has always declared war on godliness.

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.

Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.

Tie me with love, clip all of my feathers, and take me anywhere.

Oh my Valentine! I want to wake up and enjoy every sunrise with you and vanish into your hand at the sunset of my life.

God’s church need to declare war against ignorance.

How can I shut downIf you don't open up??