Sentence examples for passage of the declaration from inspiring English sources

It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4 , 1776

Sometimes Mr Gingrich uses his favourite passage of the Declaration to bludgeon public figures for heresy against his personal construction of the American catechism.

Senator Gerald Cardinale seems to be getting closer to getting his wish to require schoolchildren to recite daily the passage of the Declaration of Independence that begins "We hold these truths to be self-evident".

By Hendrik Hertzberg One passage of the Declaration of Independence which seldom gets quoted in Fourth of July oratory is the final item on the long list of George III's "injuries and usurpations".

Recalling passage of the declaration in 2005, Mr. Steinberg said, "We decided then that this was the most the market would bear, but we haven't gotten what we need out of it, and unless we can apply it to a situation like Darfur, then the promise will be lost".

Mott and Henry's fears were almost proven correct when the time came to vote upon passage of the Declaration of Sentiments on the second day of the convention, July 20 , 1848

Today is Human Rights Day, an occasion commemorating the United Nations' passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Instead, President Harry S. Truman appointed her a delegate to the fledgling United Nations, where she accomplished what she said was her proudest achievement: passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

He was influential in convincing a number of delegates to support passage of the United States Declaration of Independence in the debates held during the summer of 1776; John Adams wrote of him, "If every Man here was a Gerry, the Liberties of America would be safe against the Gates of Earth and Hell".

That's a paraphrase of the famous passage from the Declaration of Independence.

The title, of course, comes from the famous passage in the Declaration of Independence, which, Kalman tells us, would have read "life, liberty and the pursuit of property" had Thomas Jefferson not decided to change it.