Some quotes from notable people, including the Founding fathers, regarding Fourth of July and freedom in general, which are inspiring, simply interesting, or both.
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
William Faulkner
People in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other. But that is not our story. That is not who we are. That’s not our America. Our United States of America is not about us versus them. It’s about we the people!
Camila Alves
America. It is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.
Thomas Wolfe
If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald Reagan
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
Moshe Dayan
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Herbert Hoover
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
George Orwell
Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything.
Alexander Hamilton
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Frederick Douglass
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain