| The 4th of July is right around the corner and | | | | if freedom fail?" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| what better way to celebrate than with some | | | | 6. "Those who deny freedom to others deserve |
| inspirational and patriotic Independence Day | | | | it not for themselves." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
| quotes? For those who are true to the Red, | | | | 7. "We must be free not because we claim |
| White and Blue, here are twelve patriotic | | | | freedom, but because we practice it." ~ William |
| Independence Day quotes to help you celebrate | | | | Faulkner |
| the birth of our nation. | | | | 8. "As we have throughout this century, we will |
| 1. "He that would make his own liberty secure, | | | | lead with the power of our example, but be |
| must guard even his enemy from opposition; for | | | | prepared, when necessary, to make an example |
| if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent | | | | of our power." ~ Bill Clinton |
| that will reach himself." ~ Thomas Paine | | | | 9. "America did not invent human rights. In a very |
| 2. "You have to love a nation that celebrates its | | | | real sense ... human rights invented America." ~ |
| independence every July 4, not with a parade of | | | | Jimmy Carter |
| guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White | | | | 10. "America is a tune. It must be sung together." |
| House in a show of strength and muscle, but with | | | | ~ Gerald Stanley Lee |
| family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the | | | | 11. "This nation will remain the land of the free |
| potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from | | | | only so long as it is the home of the brave." ~ |
| happiness. You may think you have overeaten, | | | | Elmer Davis |
| but it is patriotism." ~ Erma Bombeck | | | | 12. "If our country is worth dying for in time of |
| 3. "Those who won our independence believed | | | | war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in |
| liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage | | | | time of peace." ~ Hamilton Fish |
| to be the secret of liberty." ~ Louis D. Brandeis | | | | As we celebrate with picnics, fireworks and |
| 4. "America is much more than a geographical | | | | barbecues this July fourth, let's remember exactly |
| fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first | | | | what it is we're celebrating. Bravery. Triumph. |
| community in which men set out in principle to | | | | Freedom. A nation that bows to no other and |
| institutionalize freedom, responsible government, | | | | protects the rights and freedoms of those that |
| and human equality." ~ Adlai Stevenson | | | | live within its borders. These twelve Independence |
| 5. "For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, | | | | Day quotes are a good start. |