drafted by Jefferson with help from Adams and Franklin

provides a foundation for popular sovereignty

represented separation from England

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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."

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

"....whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

Why would it be important for the decision to separate from Britain to be unanimous?

What words show how the colonists feel about Britain and the king?

By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.

Throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, the North American colonists found themselves increasingly at odds with British imperial policies regarding taxation and frontier policy

Despite these changes, colonial leaders hoped to reconcile with the British Government, and all but the most radical members of Congress were unwilling to declare independence.

In order to have the success with 'Empire,' you have to have Fox; you have to have huge P&A. You have to have huge budgets for the show. I'm pretty confident that the budget of 'Empire' is six times what I'm spending on 'Have And Have Nots.'

Once the Supreme Court in 1973 decided that infanticide could be legal, it not only ended America's 'inalienable right to life,' it threw the Golden Rule right off the shores of this continent.

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.

My bag is acting or getting into an amusing situation and then sharing my amusement.

U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.

How delightful is the company of generous people who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and positive in the world around them.

The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes.

At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.

I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you're trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people.

I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.

I appreciated being rich because it allowed me to study in Paris and Geneva.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

Nobody's gonna beat Taylor Swift in a fan-voted thing. And nobody should, by the way.

I didn't know what gay was until I lived in New York for 10 years. You know, I was just underexposed in that regard.

I don't like the name, U2, actually.

He has been a world champion - great for him - but listen, whenever Lennox Lewis wants to come out of retirement, I'm here waiting for him because I'm the best British fighter to come out of these shores.

There are no walls in the atmosphere.

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West.