Robert Byrd Quotes

The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.

This country was founded upon the principle that we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - those rights are what make America great, and they belong to each and every one of us.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.

We made freedom a birthright.

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

We know, deep down, that repression is not the wave of the future. We know that the desire for freedom is not confined to, or owned by, any culture; it is the inborn hope of our humanity. We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with preserving and protecting democracy.

Our nation was not founded because we all looked alike, or prayed alike, or descended from the same family tree. But our founders, in their genius, in this, the oldest constitutional democracy, put forth on this earth the idea that all are created equal; that we all have inalienable rights.

Daddy loved our country, he loved our history. He was always talking about American history and telling us stories from American history, and loved our most treasured values of freedom, democracy, justice.

In a nation as dynamic and diverse as the United States, what makes us great is that our founding principles are rooted in the bedrock principle of freedom, including the right to free expression.

Freedom is such a gift.

The universe moves in the direction of Liberty.

The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.

I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government.

I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.