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Find a reference to the Declaration of Independence. This could range from another country's constitution to a political speech to an appeal for civil rights. . .
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posted by erdecker @ 11:24 AM
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http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
Martin Luther King Jr. referenced the Declaration of Independence in his "I Have a Dream" speech, saying that black men as well as white men should be guaranteed the "unalienable rights" of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
http://www.examiner.com/christian-tv-in-national/youtube-video-obama-omits-endowed-by-their-creator-speech-but-goes-to-ch
In this article/video Obama's speech is looked at when he is stating how all men started the same when the U.S. was founded. However, he omits the section of the quote "by their Creator." This upset many different religious groups.
Original Quote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
http://www.journalstandard.com/news/x1380097632/Speaker-cites-value-of-declaration
This is an article about at speech given by John Danielson at a Citizens for Better Government meeting. In the speech, Danielson stresses the value of the Declaration of Independence and says that we need to "re-familiarize" ourselves with it.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/lexington/2010/09/worshipping_constitution
This article warns Americans not to buy into the tea party's "idolatry" of the document because the majority of the Declaration of Independence "is irrelevant to the current political design of the nation".
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm
Lincoln quotes the very used phrase all men are created equall in his address at Gettysburg. He does it in the first sentence. He seemed to want to use this phrase that the forefathers had written to attempt to reunify the country. By saying that both the people of the north and south are equal and that the country was formed on that belief he hoped that the south would realize that the north was not very different from themselves. This is probably the most used phrase in the declaration.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~vern/van_kien/declar.html
Ho Chi Minh quoted the United States' Declaration of Independence in his speech declaring Vietnam's independence from French colonists on September 2, 1945.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/07/02/jane-hampton-cook-declaration-independence-washington-read-fourth-july/
This is an article from fox news that states that one of the great dangers in our society today is failure to read and understand the principles that are in the declaration of independence. It also encourages that everyone read it on independence day, good thing we're following its advice!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11400354
Scared and upset sailors feel as if their requests have been ignored. Make petition to ask for protection. "He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his protection..."
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/mandela.html
Nelson Mandela referenced the Declaration of Independence in his inaugural address may 10th 1994, "Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all." Neslson Mandela speaks how all men should be equal and that each and every one of them deserves equivalent value.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/anthonyaddress.html
Susan B. Anthony references "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government." This was to justify that people have the right to protest and make changes to the government when it isn't working at its present state, such as the restriction of female voters, and other women's rights.
http://onliberia.org/con_declaration.htm
The Liberian Declaration of Independence makes a reference to the United States' Declaration of Independence in stating, "We recognize in all men certain inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the right to acquire, possess, enjoy, and defend property."
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Senecafalls.html
At the Seneca Falls Convention, women's rights activists rewrote the Declaration of Independence to announce their intentions to fight for women's rights. In one section, they wrote, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men AND WOMEN are created equal."
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106.guest.html
Rush Limbaugh gives a nationally televised speech, in which he addresses the Conservative Political Action Committee. He quotes the Declaration, slightly, but embarrassingly accredits the lines as the Preamble. It's a long speech, and I admit I got help from this site: http://theusconstitution.org/blog.history/?p=516
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454921/quotes
In "The Pursuit of Happyness," protagonist Christopher Gardner says during a difficult time, "It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking, how did he know to put the 'pursuit' part in there?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#Slavery_and_the_Declaration
The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was dramatized in the 2008 TV series John Adams. The show is told from John Adams' point of view and shows his role in the founding of the country and the writing and signing of the declaration of independence.
http://www.constitution.org/fr/fr_drm.htm
One of the most significant examples I thought of was the French's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was written in 1789 by The Marquis de Lafayette who was influenced and helped greatly by his friend, Thomas Jefferson. Lafayette took many similar points of the DoI such as: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights", "all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty", and "liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression."
http://www.usa-patriotism.com/speeches/sadams1.htm
In Samuel Adam's speech about before the Continental Congress on August 1, 1776, he reiterates many of the important ideas of the Declaration of Independence such as "We have no other alternative than independence" and "The hand of Heaven appears to have led us on to be, perhaps, humble instruments and means in the great providential dispensation, which is completing.".
http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/resources.cfm?doc_id=1507
In Jefferson Davis' resigning speech, because Mississippi removed itself from the union, to the rest of the senate, he references the "inalienable rights of the people of the States" from the Declaration of Independence. He believes that his state, and others as well, have the right to sovereignty from the Union.
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http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/28063
The Canada Free Press published an article on abortion in which school children were asked if "all men are created equal" applies to unborn babies as well (they all replied "yes").
http://pledge.gop.gov/
or http://www.gop.gov/resources/library/documents/solutions/a-pledge-to-america.pdf
for the whole document
In their 8,000 word "pledge to America," the GOP not only references the "unalienable rights" laid down in the preamble of the Declaration, but models the entire first section of the pledge on the preamble.
http://www.ashbrook.org/library/19/lincoln/peoria.html
In Abraham Lincoln's speech given in Peoria, Illinois, in 1854, Lincoln references the Declaration several times, always reminding his audience of how Jefferson did not intend for slavery to become a part of American culture and that, as the Declaration points out, it is not fair for the white population to use different rules for the slaves that they themselves do not follow: "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" (Declaration of Independence).
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Senecafalls.html
My quote come from the Declaration of Sentiments. This speech was given at the Senneca Falls Convention in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They were the leaders of the Woman's Right Movement and they refrenced the Declaration of Indepence to show how they too were equal and were being treated badly. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/politics/20text-obama.html
President Obama referenced the Declaration of Independence in his Inaugural Address, when he said,"...the God given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."
http://www.times-standard.com/othervoices/ci_15434526
This article talks about how Glenn Beck misquotes and misuses the Declaration of Independence on his show to mislead the American people.
Bill Clinton referenced the Declaration of Independence in his Talking the Talk speech, saying that he wants to lead the American people in a great and unprecedented conversation about race.
http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Gettysburg_Address_%5BFull_Text%5D
I used the Gettysburg Address by Lincoln, because he uses the saying "All men are created equal" throughout his speech. He is directly quoting the Declaration of Independence, because he knows that it will have a drastic effect on the people and their beliefs, especially during the tough times. Just as the declaration of independence was a significant part of U.S. history, so is this speech because it appeals to the peoples emotions and gives the audience hope.
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/douglass.htm
On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass, one of the first african american activists, gave a speech on how ironic it is that the nation was celebrating a day of freedom, while within our borders, 4 million people were still kept as slaves. "Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZK2CF3mZ8
Nicolas Cage, in the movie National treasure, reads a line from the Declaration of Independence and then interperates it; this quote shows perfectly the amount of passion the people who wrote and signed it had for their country when they made it.
In his Address at Independence Hall, given on July 4th, 1962, President John F. Kennedy referenced the Declaration of Independence.
"...in Thomas Jefferson's phrase, that "the God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." And today this Nation--conceived in revolution, nurtured in liberty, maturing in independence--has no intention of abdicating its leadership in that worldwide movement for independence to any nation or society committed to systematic human oppression."
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03IndependenceHall07041962.htm
Senia Lee
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
I read the speech by Martin Luther King Jr. I noticed that a portion of it had been like the Declaration of Independence saying that all men are created equally, and therefore have a right to be free.
Anthony Schliesman
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=74800
In this news article, this teacher is mad because he can't use "In God We Trust" and "All men are created equal,they are endowed by their Creator" on his homeroom wall and is suing the school for it...
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