Is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?
Declaration of Independence Quotes
“We hold these Truths to be self-evident… ” which is a gracious, Jeffersonian, way of saying, “Any idiot ought to be able to understand this.”
Yesterday, the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.
The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, lie or die, survive or perish with my country, was my unalterable determination. (After deciding to cast his vote for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence)
