4th Of July Quotes - Page 3

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  All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Hope, Freedom

  Sir Winston Churchill, Jack Fishman (1974). “If I lived my life again”, W.H. Allen

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• It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

  Mark Twain

  Wisdom, Country, Freedom

  Following the Equator ch. 20, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)

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

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Freedom, Patriotic, Libertarian Party

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

  John F. Kennedy

  Patriotic, Heirs, Firsts

  John F. Kennedy (2015). “Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic”, p.11, Harper Collins

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  Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

  George Washington

  Friendship, Best Friend, Confidence

  George Washington (1852). “The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States”, p.94

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

  John Dickinson

  Fall, Patriotic, America

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

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• The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Sea, Liberty, Library

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.182, Cambridge University Press

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• God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

  Daniel Webster

  Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Gun

  Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1860). “The Works of Daniel Webster”, p.47

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• Freedom lies in being bold.

  Robert Frost

  Being Strong, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

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• The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Usa Patriotism, Revolution, Notable

  United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson), Woodrow Wilson (1918). “President Wilson ̓state papers and addresses”

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

  John Quincy Adams

  Honesty, Believe, Patriotic

  John Quincy Adams (1968). “Writings of John Quincey Adams”

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• Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Liberty and Equality"

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• A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Death, Bad Ass, Men

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

  Daniel Webster

  Country, Freedom, Liberty

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

  Jules Renard

  Choices, Liberty, Results

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• Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will. This is what is called personal liberty, and is given him by the Author

  Thomas Jefferson

  Moving, Men, Law

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia: From 1730, to 1740; and from 1768, to 1772”, p.92

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  Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

  Pope John Paul II

  Attitude, Freedom, Catholic

  Pope John Paul II (1999). “Celebrate the Third Millennium!: Facing the Future with Hope”, Servant Publications

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• Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Poor Richard's Almanack, June 1746

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• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Freedom, Direct Action, Jail

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Wisdom, Fun

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• 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

  Freedom, Patriotic, America

  George Washington (1837). “The writings of George Washington: being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes, and illustrations”, p.178

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• Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day (the 4th of July)? Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior?.

  John Quincy Adams

  Events, World, Festivals

  John Quincy Adams; Speech on Independence Day in Newburyport, Massachusetts, teachingamericanhistory.org. July 4, 1837.

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• July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so

  Mark Twain

  Country, Years, Numbers

  Pudd'nhead Wilson Chapter XVII (p. 164)

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• America! America! God shed His grace on thee.

  Katharine Lee Bates

  America, Grace, Land Of The Free

  "America the Beautiful" (song) (1893)

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• The best road to progress is freedom's road.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.176, Best Books on

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