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

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Intellectual, Independence

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.18, Penguin

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• If you have made the good profession, if you claimed to have passed through the gate, if you have received baptism in a public declaration of your faith, and you begin to walk-it doesn't matter how long it appears you're walking in that path-if you step off that path and there's no discipline and you continue on that path, you can have no assurance whatsoever of your salvation. And it is not that you lost your salvation, it's that you're showing now that you never had it. If we would only preach these truths

  Paul Washer

  Discipline, Long, Baptism

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• The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the unrestrained will of the majority, with force, threats, and intimidation being the order of the day. Today's federal government is considerably at odds with that envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. ... [The War] also laid to rest the great principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence that 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed'.

  Walter E. Williams

  War, Men, America

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• Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts so that the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 'no one shall be held in slavery or servitude' - ring true.

  Kofi Annan

  Children, Men, Rights

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• It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights. We have to work together to realize the equal rights promised to all by the United Nations Charter. And we must collectively give meaning to the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "no one shall be held in slavery or servitude"

  Ban Ki-moon

  Rights, Voice, Giving

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• The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes.

  John F. Kennedy

  Children, Exercise, Men

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• Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Predictions

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• Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still can not repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of man's heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Change, Heart, Past

  Address on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, delivered 16 October 1854, Peoria, Illinois

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• It is still difficult for many to believe that a deception of such magnitude is possible. Deceptions and false declarations have ben the standard in the politics of the powerful, and certainly are in Israel's policy toward the Palestinians from the start.

  Tanya Reinhart

  Powerful, Believe, Israel

  Tanya Reinhart (2011). “Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948”, p.37, Seven Stories Press

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• I am the happiest person I've ever met. This is what Buddhist Yoga and a healthy dose of reading the Declaration of the Independence, The Constitution and the Federalist Papers and anything else I could get my hands on has given me.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Yoga, Reading

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• When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?

  John Tyler

  Rights, America, Independence

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• Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.

  Mitt Romney

  Father, Mean, Commitment

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• We believe only in deeds and acts and not in declarations. We are fed up with all those declarations, promises.

  Ariel Sharon

  Believe, Promise, Deeds

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• A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed to create an efficient Constitution; another twelve years of energy brought a reaction against the government then created; a third period of twelve years was ending in a sweep toward still greater energy; and already a child could calculate the result of a few more such returns.

  Henry Adams

  Children, Government, Years

  Henry Adams (2011). “History of the United States of America -”, p.123, Cambridge University Press

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• 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.

  Joel Osteen

  Problem, Bigs

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• True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.

  Maurice Saatchi

  Independence, World, Way

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• Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.

  Mark Udall

  Mean, Gay, Voice

  "I Support Marriage Equality" by Mark Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 1, 2011.

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• Prayer Declaration I will trust in the covering of Your wings, and in the shadow of Your wings I will trust. Be my defense and refuge in times of trouble. I will sing of Your strength. In the morning I will sing of Your love, for You are my fortress. You are my strength. I sing praise to You, for on You I can rely.

  John Eckhardt

  Morning, Prayer, Wings

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• The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Errors, Giving

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• The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is here that the stereotype of the programmer, sitting in a dim room, growling from behind Coke cans, has its origins. The disorder of the desk, the floor; the yellow Post-It notes everywhere; the whiteboards covered with scrawl: all this is the outward manifestation of the messiness of human thought. The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer.

  Ellen Ullman

  Yellow, Needs, Machines

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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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Men, Principles

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.680, Jazzybee Verlag

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• 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.

  Colum McCann

  Years, United States, Rags

  "How I Dress Now: Colum McCann" by Colum Mccann, www.esquire.com. January 31, 2013.

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• The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.

  Clarence Manion

  Father, Writing, Men

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

  Henry A. Kissinger

  People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

  John F. Kennedy

  Writing, Army, America

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