The resemblance between certain passages of these documents, particularly Jefferson’s preamble to the Virginia Constitution, and the Declaration is undeniable. Mason’s Virginia Bill of Rights ...

The Declaration notes that it is the right of the people to abolish the government and create a new one. But to Trump’s avid ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... reference to the Commission on Human Rights for consideration . . . in its preparation of an international bill of rights." The Commission, at ...

In 1780, Massachusetts approved a new constitution, which borrowed from the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Bill of Rights, stating that "all men are born free and equal." Relying ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the ... and innovative concepts in the U.S. Constitution, although the word never appears ...

The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble of the Constitution and speeches and ... We are all endowed by God with the same unalienable rights, and no one is born with the privilege ...

In February 1947, a group consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, Pen-Chun Chang and Charles Malik began drafting the International Bill of ... of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in more ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Random House Publisher Andrew Ward met recently with staff editors to discuss potential book projects, ...

The US Declaration of Independence sets ... The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. They protect all of the basic freedoms of American people.