4th Of July Quotes

It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

On July 4 we celebrate government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or as they are now called, corporations.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.

I usually don't have a burger, a brat, and a steak but it is 4th of July. And I need the energy if I'm gonna start blowin crap up. It's what the founding fathers would want.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.

What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.

It's all flags, fireworks, family, food and fun That's July Four July Five, the fun is done The fireworks are no more

Necessity never made a good bargain.

America is not just a country, it's an idea.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion.

A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.