American Independence Day Quotes:

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

- Ronald Reagan

source: Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

topic: Strength, Peace, Children, Independence And Freedom, Inspirational Freedom

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

source: Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

topic: Courage, Determination, Jobs, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Freedom, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

- John Dickinson

source: "The Liberty Song" (song) (1768). "United we stand, divided we fall!" became a slogan of the American Revolution.

topic: Fall, 4th Of July, Hands, Independence Day Patriotic, July 4th 1776

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

- Elmer Davis

topic: Veterans Day, Courage, Memories, India Independence Day, Independence Day

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

- John F. Kennedy

source: Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Country, Inaugural Speech, Independence Day Patriotic

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Peace, Social Democracy, Power Corruption

But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations ... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.

- John Adams

source: Letter to Hezekiah Niles, 13 Feb. 1818

topic: Religious, Real, War, American Revolution, 4th Of July Wishes

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

- Abraham Lincoln

source: Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

topic: Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Government, People, Earth, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day

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

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

topic: Memorial Day, Freedom, 4th Of July, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Motivational, Education, Freedom, Independence And Freedom, Individual Independence

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Memorial Day, Freedom, America, Inaugural, Inaugural Speech

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

- Patrick Henry

topic: Sweet, Freedom, Business, American Revolution, Individual Liberty

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

- William Faulkner

source: William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.151, Modern Library

topic: Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

- Joseph Addison

topic: 4th Of July, Hands, Independence Day Patriotic, Independence Day, July 4th 1776

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.

- John Adams

topic: Patriotic, Government, Hands, American Independence Day

Of the people, by the people, for the people,

- Sun Yat-sen

topic: People, Independence And Freedom, Inspirational Freedom, Inspirational Patriotic, Inspiring Independence Day

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Freedom, 4th Of July, Men, Independence And Freedom, Indian Independence Day

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

- Woodrow Wilson

topic: 4th Of July, Revolution, American Revolution, Independence Day Patriotic, 4th Of July Inspirational

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

topic: 4th Of July, Blow, Men, Independence Day Patriotic, Independence Day

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

- Elbert Hubbard

topic: Freedom, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic, Independence Day, July 4th 1776

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Funny, Sarcastic, Freedom, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

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

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

topic: Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day Patriotic

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

- Malcolm X

topic: Freedom, Vocabulary, Ready, Hajj, American Independence Day

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

- Lee Greenwood

source: Song: God Bless The U.S.A, Album: American Patriot

topic: Army, Proud, Proud To Be An American, Independence Day Patriotic, July 4th 1776

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

- Ronald Reagan

source: Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

topic: Children, Sunset, Men, Inspirational Freedom, Inspiring Patriotic