Independence Day Quotes To Inspire You To Cherish The Beauty Of Freedom And Liberty
Here are some Independence Day quotes to inspire and motivate the patriotic spirit in you, to spread warmth and prosperity in your homes, and to help you cherish the beauty of freedom and liberty. For not everyone is fortunate enough to have given the gift of independence.
Here is a collection of famous quotes to honor more than two centuries of America’s free existence, from well-known politicians, philosophers, scientists, writers, and many of the former presidents.
Independence Day Quotes Celebrating the Greatness of America, from Quote Garden
Thomas Jefferson made a now-famous quote on the blessings of America.
“My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!”
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
— The Tomar (@TheTomar) January 4, 2015
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
— William J. Clinton
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” – @BillClinton #MemorialDay — Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) May 25, 2015
“The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic – have always blown on free men.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Independence Day Quotes about the Importance of Freedom, from Forbes
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
— Thomas Paine
“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but it is always a result of a good conscience, good health and occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.”
“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
— Albert Einstein
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Freedom lies in being bold.”
— Robert Frost
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“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
— William Faulkner
Independence Day Quotes about the Importance of Liberty, from the Huffington Post
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“Those who won our independence believed that liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.”
— Louis D. Brandeis
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