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We hereby declare that Korea is an independent state and that Koreans are a self-governing people. We proclaim it to the nations of the world in affirmation of the principle of the equality of all nations, and we proclaim it to our posterity, preserving in perpetuity the right of national survival. We make this declaration on the strength of five thousand years of history as an expression of the devotion and loyalty of twenty million people. We claim independence in the interest of the eternal and free development of our people and in accordance with the great movement for world reform based upon the awakening conscience of mankind.
Contents
- The Nation
- New States and Old Problems
- Nationalism and Bourgeois Culture
- Declaration of Independence Year: 1776
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Year: 1789
- Constitution of Haiti Date: 1801
- Louisiana Purchase Treaty Date: 1803
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte: Addresses to the German Nation Date: 1808
- Napoleonic Code Date: 1804
- Simón Bolívar: Cartagena Manifesto Date: 1812
- Holy Alliance Year: 1815
- Giuseppe Mazzini: General Instructions for the Members of Young Italy Date: 1831
- Constitution Act of Canada Year: 1867
- Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia: Proclamation of 1849 Date: 1849
- Victor Emmanuel: Address to Parliament Date: 1871
- Ottoman Constitution Date: 1876
- Helmuth von Moltke: Memorandum of the Councils of War Said to Have Been Held during the Wars Date: 1881
- Ernest Renan: “What Is a Nation?” Date: 1882
- William Gladstone: Irish Home Rule Speech Date: 1886
- Theodor Herzl: “A Solution to the Jewish Question” Date: 1896
- Francisco García Calderón: Latin America: Its Rise and Progress Date: 1913
- Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic Date: 1916
- Woodrow Wilson: Fourteen Points Date: 1918
- Korean Declaration of Independence Date: 1919
- Treaty of Versailles Date: 1919
- Government of India Act Draft: 1919
- Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel Date: 1948
- Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front Date: 1954