Declaration of Sentiments, document, outlining the rights that American women should be entitled to as citizens, that emerged from the Seneca Falls Convention in New York in July 1848.
The phrase "consent of the governed" first appears in the Declaration of Independence, the document by which the United States declared itself no longer under the governance of the British king.
Echoing the Declaration of Independence, the document stated: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal".
That is what the United Nations did when it created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document endorsed by countries with extraordinarily diverse cultures.
"Self-evident" is one of the most meaningful words in the Declaration of Independence, a document drafted by Thomas Jefferson but edited by some of his fellow founding fathers.
Mr. Obama and Mr. Xi should begin work on a declaration of principles, a document that can elevate and focus their partnership.
The group took up as one of its hallmarks the Declaration of Life, a document that people could sign to state that if they were murdered, they would not want their killer to be executed.
Declaration of Breda, (1660) document issued by the exiled King Charles II in Breda, the Netherlands, making certain promises in return for his restoration to the English throne, following the end of the Protectorate government.
While political maneuvering was setting the stage for an official declaration of independence, a document explaining the decision was being written.
As an example of the increasingly political and social importance of First Ladies to the nation, it ranks with two other revolutionary speeches -- those of Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations in outlining the Declaration of Human Rights, a document she helped draft, and of Hillary Clinton in Beijing at the U.N. Conference on Women.
