Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

Roosevelt, chaired the UDHR drafting committee. With her were René Cassin of France, who composed the first draft of the Declaration, the Committee Rapporteur Charles Malik of Lebanon ...

It took the delegates two days to draft ... read publicly for the first time on July 8 by Colonel John Nixon at what is now Independence Square in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence ...

On May 29, 1973 the newspaper's fundamental principles were published on its front page: the independence ... Accordingly, this modern-day "Declaration of Independence" also establishes the ...