Quotes for and about
United States Independence Day
(The 4th of July)
In the true sense of the term, freedom can not be granted; it must be achieved. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The day of birth of freedom has arrived.
Shoot the arms and cry to freedom,
See the flag above deployed!
Hi stars and stripes forever,
Dear flag of the whole world.
~ Florence A. Jones
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consumption ... ~ Woodrow Wilson, 1915
Many older people suffer terrible headaches on July 4; but I suspect it does not bother them much, for in every puff of blue smoke that fades under their noses, they see the happy face of a boy or a girl. ~ William H. Rideing, "Biscuits and the 4th of July", 1874
United States, July 4 - This is the signal - the "banner on the outer wall" for sinners and shooters, pedantry and windmills, oranges and orations, sky blue toilets and open rockets. A day when patriotism appears and explodes like so many bottles of sillery ... ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States", 1851
This is the state of the union: free and agitated, growing and full of hope. So it was at the beginning. It will always be so, while God wills it and we are strong enough to keep the faith. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Those who gained our independence believed that freedom was the secret of happiness and that courage was the secret of freedom. ~ Louis D. Brandeis
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men have the principle of institutionalizing freedom, responsible government and equality of opportunity. ~ Adlai Stevenson
Fourth of July! It's a day, in the United States, in a manner described to the goddess of gunpowder. Ælius, in the classic fable, devoted a day of the week to burning incense in memory of Jupiter, and American citizens, patriots and lovers of freedom, reserved this day every year to explode their gunpowder in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence - whose document keeps the spirit with characteristic national fervor. It has often seemed like a strange way to celebrate an event in the annals of history by burning, whistling and spreading fireworks. The whole country, from Maine's borders to the mouth of the Mississippi, is a scene of noise and smoke ... The shops are closed, the traders are suspending their activities, and even the bankers and usurers seem to agree that day .... The rich and the poor are happy. ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States," 1851
We, on this continent, should never forget that men crossed the Atlantic for the first time, not to find land for their plows, but to guarantee the freedom of their souls. ~ Robert J. McCracken
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My friends, it is very inspiring to come up with what might be called the original source of independence and freedom in America, and to drink here drafts of patriotic feeling that seem to renew the blood even in its veins . ~ Woodrow Wilson, Presidential Address at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1914
Freedom is the breath of life for nations. ~ George Bernard Shaw
The declaration of independence! The interest in this document survived on the occasion of its publication; the interest of each age and climate; the interest which accelerates over the years, develops as it ages and becomes clearer as it withdraws, resides in the principles it proclaims. ~ John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "The Declaration of Independence"
The speaker of July 4th does not drink water between breaks and breaks. He disdains any liquids short of champagne and brandy, which seem to invest, not only of himself, but of his subject, with an extra spirit. Your speakers of temperance in cold water are apathetic patriots at the dinner table, too precise and too rigorous to raise the mass. Burning feelings in the furnace of the heart and words as loud as Sampson locks are sought after. Milk and friendliness are good things in their own way, but today, aque vitae and enthusiasm are at the rendezvous of the popular system. All the time this mental fire goes on inside, fireworks and guns blaze up without ceasing; the executioners sometimes fall at the feet of the orator, and if, like Charles XII, he does not move at the moment of the break-up, he is unanimously elected as a fearless champion of the rights of liberty. Viva! ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States," 1851
United States Independence Day
(The 4th of July)
In the true sense of the term, freedom can not be granted; it must be achieved. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The day of birth of freedom has arrived.
Shoot the arms and cry to freedom,
See the flag above deployed!
Hi stars and stripes forever,
Dear flag of the whole world.
~ Florence A. Jones
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consumption ... ~ Woodrow Wilson, 1915
Many older people suffer terrible headaches on July 4; but I suspect it does not bother them much, for in every puff of blue smoke that fades under their noses, they see the happy face of a boy or a girl. ~ William H. Rideing, "Biscuits and the 4th of July", 1874
United States, July 4 - This is the signal - the "banner on the outer wall" for sinners and shooters, pedantry and windmills, oranges and orations, sky blue toilets and open rockets. A day when patriotism appears and explodes like so many bottles of sillery ... ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States", 1851
This is the state of the union: free and agitated, growing and full of hope. So it was at the beginning. It will always be so, while God wills it and we are strong enough to keep the faith. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Those who gained our independence believed that freedom was the secret of happiness and that courage was the secret of freedom. ~ Louis D. Brandeis
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men have the principle of institutionalizing freedom, responsible government and equality of opportunity. ~ Adlai Stevenson
Fourth of July! It's a day, in the United States, in a manner described to the goddess of gunpowder. Ælius, in the classic fable, devoted a day of the week to burning incense in memory of Jupiter, and American citizens, patriots and lovers of freedom, reserved this day every year to explode their gunpowder in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence - whose document keeps the spirit with characteristic national fervor. It has often seemed like a strange way to celebrate an event in the annals of history by burning, whistling and spreading fireworks. The whole country, from Maine's borders to the mouth of the Mississippi, is a scene of noise and smoke ... The shops are closed, the traders are suspending their activities, and even the bankers and usurers seem to agree that day .... The rich and the poor are happy. ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States," 1851
We, on this continent, should never forget that men crossed the Atlantic for the first time, not to find land for their plows, but to guarantee the freedom of their souls. ~ Robert J. McCracken
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My friends, it is very inspiring to come up with what might be called the original source of independence and freedom in America, and to drink here drafts of patriotic feeling that seem to renew the blood even in its veins . ~ Woodrow Wilson, Presidential Address at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1914
Freedom is the breath of life for nations. ~ George Bernard Shaw
The declaration of independence! The interest in this document survived on the occasion of its publication; the interest of each age and climate; the interest which accelerates over the years, develops as it ages and becomes clearer as it withdraws, resides in the principles it proclaims. ~ John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), "The Declaration of Independence"
The speaker of July 4th does not drink water between breaks and breaks. He disdains any liquids short of champagne and brandy, which seem to invest, not only of himself, but of his subject, with an extra spirit. Your speakers of temperance in cold water are apathetic patriots at the dinner table, too precise and too rigorous to raise the mass. Burning feelings in the furnace of the heart and words as loud as Sampson locks are sought after. Milk and friendliness are good things in their own way, but today, aque vitae and enthusiasm are at the rendezvous of the popular system. All the time this mental fire goes on inside, fireworks and guns blaze up without ceasing; the executioners sometimes fall at the feet of the orator, and if, like Charles XII, he does not move at the moment of the break-up, he is unanimously elected as a fearless champion of the rights of liberty. Viva! ~ Henry Howard Paul, "July 4 in the United States," 1851
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