| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 393 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Thomas Buckle (182162) |
| QUOTATION: | In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE, History of Civilization in England, vol. 2, chapter 7, p. 341 (1903). First published in 1861. |
| SUBJECTS: | Declaration of Independence |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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