4th of July Quotes
“Where liberty is, there is my country”
- 4th of July Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall have liberty, without hindrance, to be what God made him”
- 4th of July Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free”
- 4th of July Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation”
- 4th of July Quotes by Jimmy Carter
“To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement”
- 4th of July Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
“Better to starve free than be a fat slave”
- 4th of July Quotes by Aesop
“Freedom is never given, it is won.”
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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.”
- 4th of July Quotes by George Washington
“A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest”
- 4th of July Quotes by Samuel Johnson
“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking”
- 4th of July Quotes by Woodrow T. Wilson
“Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free”
- 4th of July Quotes by Dwight David Eisenhower
“So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism”
- 4th of July Quotes by E. M. Forster
“I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph”
- 4th of July Quotes by Cordell Hull
“I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms”
- 4th of July Quotes by Walt Whitman
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defence and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Andrew Jackson
“You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Clarence Darrow
“Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”
- 4th of July Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.”
- 4th of July Quotes by John Stuart Mill
“Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments”
- 4th of July Quotes by Andrew Jackson
“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Albert Camus
“Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.”
4th of July Quotes
“The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.”
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“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”
- 4th of July Quotes by George Washington
“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority--literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Ignazio Silone
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
- 4th of July Quotes by John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Albert Einstein
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Kahlil Gibran
“Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
“The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
“A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.”
- 4th of July Quotes by George Santayana
“A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a >principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”
- 4th of July Quotes by George William Curtis
“Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Horace
“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.”
- 4th of July Quotes by Aristotle
“While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty”
- 4th of July Quotes by Charles Evans Hughes
