"May it be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man."-- Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence, The United States Constitution , and the Bill of Rights are three of the great documents in human history. They are reproduced here as 29" by 23" documents on distressed paper. Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States Declaration of Independence Become a Member of the Chicago History Museum today and save!