Top 58 4th of July Quotes
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4th of July is the birthday of the United States. For many it is also a symbol of freedom. With that in mind, check out the top 58 4th of July quotes.
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#58 – 50. 4th of July Quotes
58. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, 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
57. “America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels.” – Claudia Pemberton
56. “Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.” – Germaine Greer
55. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” – Gerald Stanley Lee
54. “America, to me, is freedom.” – Willie Nelson
53. “It’s Fourth of July weekend, or, as I call it, Exploding Christmas.” – Stephen Colbert
52. “Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can’t go hand in hand, I don’t want to go.” – Hazel Scott
51. “In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
50. “May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely than this our own country!” – Daniel Webster
#49 – 40. 4th of July Quotes
49. “Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.” – Louis D. Brandeis
48. “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” – John Dickinson
47. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” – Gerald Stanley Lee
46. “America is another name for opportunity.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
45. “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” – Abraham Lincoln
44. “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” – Oscar Wilde
43. “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” – Gloria Steinem
42. “Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” – James Bryce
41. “My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbour, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.” – Yakov Smirnoff
40. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
#39 – 30. 4th of July Quotes
39. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
38. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
37. “May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” – Peter Marshall
36. “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor, and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
35. “It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.” – John Adams
34. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
33. “My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans, one America.” – Val Saintsburt
32. “Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.” – Ronald Reagan
31. “We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. – Robert J. McCracken
30. “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
#29 – 20. 4th of July Quotes
29. “We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” – William Faulkner
28. “Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost
27. “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela
26. “Give me liberty or give me death!” – Patrick Henry
25. “Dreams can grow wild born inside an American child.” – Phil Vassar
24. “That is the truly beautiful and encouraging aspect of freedom; no one struggles for it just for himself.” – Fanny Lewald
23. “Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” – Adlai Stevenson
22. “Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” – Albert Camus
21. “Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.” – Marquis de Lafayette
20. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman
#19 – 10. 4th of July Quotes
19. “The United States is the only country with a known birthday.” – James G. Blaine
18. “I love my freedom. I love my America.” – Jessi Lane Adams
17. “Liberty is the breath of life to nations.” – George Bernard Shaw
16. “Independence Day: 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
15. “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw
14. “Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.” – Helen Gahagan Douglas
13. “The essence of America — that which really unites us — is not ethnicity, or nationality, or religion. It is an idea — and what an idea it is: that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter where you came from, but where you are going.” – Condoleezza Rice
12. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
11. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation forevermore!” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
10. “We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.” – Lech Walesa
#9 – 1. 4th of July Quotes
9. “When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.” – George Carlin
8. “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin
7. “As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” – George Washington
6. “America means opportunity, freedom, power.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. “We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something—for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.” – Ronald Reagan
4. “America’s a family. We all yell at each other, and it all works out.” – Louis C.K.
3. “The United States is the only country with a known birthday.” – James G. Blaine
2. “I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” – Wendell L. Wilkie
1.“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
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