Late in 1926, at the Imperial Conference in London, King's was probably the determining voice in securing the declaration of equality of status of the self-governing nations of the empire, thereafter styled the Commonwealth.
President Bush called the A.D.A. "the world's first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities," and, allaying concerns that it would put a litigious yoke on the private sector, he framed it as sound conservative policy.
When we think of the Declaration we tend to think of the declaration of human equality: "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".
The Old Finns were rewarded with control of the Senate, of which Yrjö-Koskinen became head, as well as with a declaration of Finnish equality with Swedish in all public business.
Nor do I have any idea whether Danielle Allen's new book, Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, is on his beach-reading list.
Lincoln's appeal to the "self-evident truth" of equality in the Declaration of Independence provided the moral touchstone of the American republic.
Jewish machismo turned the 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence, which specifically spoke of equality and women's rights, into a travesty - "Debased men need to degrade women... Once debased, men become powerful men, the degrading of women becomes a state protected right".
In his "I Have a Dream" speech, King also refers to the guarantee of equality in the Declaration of Independence as a "promissory note" that turned out to be a "bad check" for the black population.
In accordance with the United Nations Charter and Millennium Declaration, the United Nations advances the principles of equality and social justice, while providing impartial advice, technical expertise, access to global knowledge and local experience to meet Viet Nam's development challenges.
"The greatest statement of equality is in the Declaration of Independence, written by a slaveholder," Ginsburg replied.
