4th of July Quotes

“Freedom is never given, it is won.” (see more)

The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints. ~Samuel Hendel


He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~Thomas Paine


History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. ~Charles de Gaulle


Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower


Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake,... of searching and experimenting,... of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political. ~Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed, 1950


Liberty: One of Imagination's mo (see more)

Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ~Benjamin Franklin

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God Bless America (see more)

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

~ Erma Bombeck (see more)

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have these three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence to practice neither. (see more)

I Got That Boom Boom Pow (see more)

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (see more)

The United States is the only country with a known birthday. ~James G. Blaine (see more)

When life gives you America you get Red ,White,and Blue (see more)

Everyone forgets that the only reason America has independence is because we had to free ourselves from the British, but I dont forget so easy. Now Britain is trying to get all chummy, imitating us, pretending to support our Awesome wars, stealing our language, worst of all there trying to infitrate our pop culture. Remember nothing good has come from Britain, but I know alot of people liked the Beatles, but the Beatles claimed they were bigger then Jesus, and damnit nobody is Bigger then Jesus.

- JacK English (see more)