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Quotes About Declaration

When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman, it was a clear declaration of independence from President Clinton; no Democrat had been more critical of Clinton's misconduct.
~ Jeff Greenfield
We as a people need to declare that we stand with rule of law and not with the false tales of the revolutionary Marxist forces, who most recently have rebranded themselves from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter.
~ David A. Clarke, Jr.
This idea of walls, segregation, labels, and 'You against us' and 'We are superior and you are inferior.' Which people are legitimate? Which relationships are legitimate or not? Who declares that under which authority? These are things that are hugely important.
~ Sebastian Lelio
The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
~ George Washington
This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.
~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq.
~ William Safire
Flotaba en el agua cuando le pregunté: -Entonces, ese tatuaje de tu hombro, ¿Qué significa? -Todos los machos se hacen un tatuaje cuando están listos para declarársele a la chica que han elegido para ser su pareja. El tatuaje representa el nombre de ella escrito en la lengua antigua de nuestra especie. -¿Y a quien has elegido tú? Él me miro como preguntándome si de verdad era tan tonta. -¡Ah!
~ Rachel Hawthorne
you have to do something for yourself. The Declaration of Independence promises the pursuit of happiness. You got to work for it.
~ Ray E. Boomhower
In 1776 the wording in the Declaration of Independence—"the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions"—played well to a white audience, but it did not win any friends among Native Americans. Even as the patriots tried to convince the Iroquois to remain neutral, they pushed many into the enemy camp through hostile actions and attitudes.
~ Ray Raphael
I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.
~ John Bolton
If you claim something, you can own it.
~ Carrie Fisher
Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.
~ Boris Yeltsin
Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
~ Rand Paul
Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
~ Rand Paul
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
~ Jack Kevorkian
Our Supreme Court has been very clear that the government can't just simply say something and make it so.
~ Neal Katyal
Certainly the shahadah contained an important theological innovation, but that innovation was not monotheism. With this simple profession of faith, Muhammad was declaring to Mecca that the God of the heavens and the earth required no intermediate whatsoever, but could be accessed by anyone.
~ Reza Aslan
Ezekiel declared, "in the center of all nations
~ Reza Aslan
Have you anything to declare? Yes, I'd like to declare a small case of French flu, a dangerous fondness for Flaubert, a childish delight in French road-signs, and a love of the light as you look north. Is there any duty to pay on any of these? There ought to be.
~ Julian Barnes
It was a damned awkward undertaking, trying to think of loving words, and he had absolutely no experience in this area, but he was still determined not to muck it up. Even with his men watching, he wanted the words to be right, his declaration to be one she would always remember. The moment needed to be perfect for her. Judith, he began. Yes, Iain? I'm keeping you.
~ Julie Garwood
They're definitely going to declare war tomorrow. In the morning. It's probably timed so that the nation can get down on its collective knees in church and pray for deliverance.' 'Oh, yes, war is always so Christian, isn't it?
~ Kate Atkinson
The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.
~ Abraham Lincoln