Al Gore Quotes

The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Although The Declaration of Independence is not, like The Constitution, the law of the land, it is certainly the spirit of the land.

If you seek our Founding Fathers monument, just look around you.

I don't know how you talk about the founding of America, and what became of the United States, without talking about religious doctrine.

The people have to have the power: it belongs to the people.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

People have lost what this nation was built on. I think our core values have been set aside... I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.

The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

The Founding Fathers are not just some people that happened to get mad a long time ago and want their freedom. They were special people in addition to what their natural yearnings were.

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

Other countries have been founded by 'accidents of force.' America is a creation of thought.

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten.

… in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress

If you ever doubt that the people are the boss in a democracy, run for office. Even the President is a hired hand.

In a society pledged to self-government, it is never true that, in the long run, the security of the nation is endangered by the people.

The question, ‘Who are the People of the United States?’ was never directly dealt with by the Constitutional Convention. On the contrary, that most important of all issues concerning Freedom was referred to the several states, to be dealt with by each of them in their own particular manner

Why do we not celebrate the 4th of July? The Declaration of Independence is just as precious to me today as it was twenty years ago! Has it not the same validity that it had in 1776?

The colonists were struggling not only against the armies of a great nation, but against the settled opinions of mankind; for the world did not then believe that the supreme authority of government could be safely entrusted to the guardianship of the people themselves.

America was based on a big promise—a great big one: the Declaration of Independence. When you have to live with that in the house, that’s quite a problem—particularly when you’ve got to make money and get ahead, open world markets, do all the things you have to, raise your children, and so forth. America is stuck with its self-definition put on paper in 1776, and that was just like putting a burr under the metaphysical saddle of America—you see, that saddle’s going to jump now and then and it pricks.

We hold these truths to be self-evident,” begins the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. Who holds these truths? Americans hold these truths. Who are Americans? People who adhere to these truths. National identity and political principle were inseparable.

Not enough people really think about the founding of our country, how it all began and what its really about. They don't even teach it in schools any more.

We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.