[Bigun]

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire.

[EternalVigilance]

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress

Right. And the Sermon on the Mount was a talk.

"The Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation's destiny... The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost." -- Frederick Douglass