As the Declaration of Independence declared, all men, as rational beings created by God, possessed certain inalienable rights.
This goes even further than merely equating the two regimes, as the declaration purports to do.
As soon as the declaration is so widely distributed, it is certain to leak out and become public.
Franklin's lies added to the notion that all Indians were "merciless," as the Declaration referred to them.
Thus, Lee demonstrated that, at least in some cases, the dismissal of an indictment may be treated on the same basis as the declaration of a mistrial.
They remind us of the stirring that Washington's soldiers would have felt as the declaration was read aloud to them in the streets of Manhattan.
The United Nations should respect its own charter, as well as the Declaration of Human Rights, and lift economic sanctions while retaining the military embargo.
The idea that every citizen holds title to these lands, the Burns film notes, is "as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence, and just as radical".
As the declaration makes its way into European policy negotiations, the hope is that we can begin a more honest conversation about priorities.
The Fourth is a holiday that celebrates indigenousness as well as independence -- the condition of being American as well as the declaration that began to make us so.
Napoleon based his rule on the instruments of the French Revolution, such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
