Two early American documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence have, over the past 200 years, influenced a great number of democratic ideas and institutions. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights share many obvious similarities to both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was written by the Marquis de Lafayette, approved by the …showed first 75 words of 762 total…

…showed last 75 words of 762 total…there is no formal statement about it, as there should be. Obviously, both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence have impacted Democratic ideas in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. It has, however, impacted much more than simply these two documents: other documents, societies, governments, etc. It is easy to see the result of these two amazing documents in our everyday life.