United States Declaration of Independence Quotes
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“We must, therefore,…hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.”
“While the Declaration was directed against an excess of authority, the Constitution was directed against anarchy.”
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“Its constitution the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.”
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“in every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered by repeated injury.”
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“In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace.”
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“Three copies of the Declaration of Independence held by the UK National Archives.”
“Flights of oratory... especially that concerning Negro slavery, which, though I knew his Southern brethren would never suffer to pass in Congress, I certainly would never oppose.”