The Continental Congress. Over 17 days, Thomas Jefferson writes what will become the mission statement for a revolution and a new nation: the Declaration of Independence.
A new Declaration of Independence in response to the crimes of the United States Government against the People.
On the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, many voices tell us of the damage this colonial document did to the Palestinian people, and the obligation on Britain and its imperial successor, the United States, to support Palestinian rights at last.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, French Declaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen, one of the basic charters of human liberties, containing the principles that inspired the French Revolution. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France’s
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory. Rights are of essential importance in such disciplines as law and ethics, especially theories of …
The Charters of Freedom. The Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, collectively known as the Charters of Freedom, have guaranteed the rights and freedoms of Americans for over 200 years.
PREAMBLE; PART THE FIRST A declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Article I through XXX); PART THE SECOND. Chapter I, THE LEGISLATIVE POWER. Section I.The General Court.
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard …
RIGHTS OF MAN Being An Answer To Mr. Burke’s Attack On The French Revoloution By Thomas Paine Secretary For Foreign Affairs To Congress In The American War, And Author Of The Works Entitled “Common Sense” And “A Letter To Abbé Raynal”
PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.