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" The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Alas, that is not the case everywhere in the world. "

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" If the citizens of the United States are to turn away from the Communist Manifesto and preserve the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, we must first thoroughly reexamine and learn about each of them, and uphold America's founding documents by testing every political action in light of them. "

" Independence is a very subjective assessment. "

" Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948. "

" To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence. "

Edwidge Danticat

" My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960. "

" We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence, to install a people's power, to construct a new society without exploitation, for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans. "

" The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas. "

" The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system. "

" It is hard to conceive of the utter demoralization, of the political blindness and immorality, of the patriotic dishonesty, of the cruelty and degradation of a people who supplemented the incomparable Declaration of Independence with the Fugitive Slave Law. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it. "

Abraham Lincoln

" I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined. "

" People come to the theatre in search of a real encounter with other human beings, and we must give them what they come for. Our capacity to do that is the measure of being human. And if the price is that we sometimes say something not very pleasant - well, that's precisely why people want us, in the end: because we speak the truth. "

" Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. "

" Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate. "

" Culture is a part of basic human nature, of deep humanity. "

" Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect. "

George Weinberg

" Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion. "

" People have to have food for their souls. "

" The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence. "

" Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want. "

" In a world of status, independence is key, because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do, and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions. "

" It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence. "

" It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. "

W. Somerset Maugham

" The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration. "

Samuel P. Huntington

" People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. "

Katharine Anthony

" I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse. "

" A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy. "

Mercy Otis Warren

" There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality. "

" Scotland is the only case in the world where the poor part of a territory wants to separate from the rich part. If independence came, one option is to keep the pound as its currency, so that all economic decisions will continue to be taken by the Bank of England. "

" The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself. "

Marsha Blackburn