A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Pennsylvania (Aug. 16, 1776)
Editor’s Note: This Declaration of Rights — which includes “the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety” — was approved on August 16, 1776 by Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, and became an official part of Pennsylvania’s Constitution, ratified on September 28, 1776. A […]
A Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules of the Delaware State (Sept. 11, 1776)
Editor’s note: This declaration of irrevocable rights and fundamental rules — essentially a bill or declaration of rights – crafted by the state of Delaware’s first general assembly was enacted in tandem with a new Constitution, the ultimate article of which states, “No article of the declaration of rights and fundamental rules of this State, agreed […]
Instructions for Independence, Acton, Massachusetts (June 14, 1776)
Editor’s note: On June 14, 1776, inhabitants of the town of Acton, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, apparently left out of an earlier opportunity “to express their minds with respect to the important question of American Independence,” make it clear here that they are ready to break from Britain, convinced as they are that “the present age will be […]
Declaration of Inter-Dependence
OurDeclaration Preamble This declaration was developed by the YouthBuild National Young Leaders Council and the YouthBuild National Alumni Council. Input was given by the YouthBuild Alumni Association. We first published it in 1999 and revised it in 2004. Our two councils include 30 young people elected by our peers to represent 25,000 former YouthBuild members […]
The Greek Declaration of Independence (1822)
Editor’s note: On January 27, 1822, this proclamation of independence was issued in Epidaurus by the Greek National Assembly, declaring Greece a free and independent state. Greece had lived under the rule of the Ottoman Empire since the middle of the 15th century and the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The protracted Greek War for Independence, or […]
Of Wild Wolves and Spaces For Future Generations
MyDeclaration Let us all face it, we all use oil based, or fossil fuel based products. I am typing on a fossil fuel based iPad right now. So what does this have to do with my declaration? I believe our founding fathers did what they did for us to be able to live free. Here […]
Police Constable Declaration in Britain and Wales (2002)
Editor’s note: According to law enforcement scholar Leonard Jason-Lloyd, this declaration, one of the key provisions of the Police Reform Act of 2002, is avowed to by each and every person newly appointed in Britain and Wales to serve as a constable (police officer). As is evident from the declaration, in the UK “the modern police officer does not have […]
Declaration to Become an Independent State, Murrayfield, Mass. (June 17, 1776)
Editor’s Note: The picture of brevity, this declaration by the inhabitants of the town of Murrayfield, in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, makes clear that they cast their lot “to a man, to be declared an independent State,” whenever the Second Continental Congress deems it best to do so. Murrayfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Declaration to Become […]
African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (August, 28, 2014)
Editor’s Note: According to its website, this declaration represents “a Pan-African initiative to promote human rights standards and principles of openness in internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent,” with the intent of spelling out “the principles which are necessary to uphold human and people’s rights on the internet, and to cultivate an internet […]
Declaration of Internet Freedom (2012)
Editor’s Note: This declaration, which includes five core principles, was initially the brainchild of the U.S.-based advocacy group Free Press and the New America Foundation’s Open Technologies Institute. In short order, thousands of organizations, startup entrepreneurs and tech luminaries joined the Declaration of Internet Freedom bandwagon. One key aim is to secure millions of endorsements of the declaration on the […]
