Quotes on 4th Of July

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

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

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

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

Free, only want to be free, we huddle close, hang on to a dream.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past - let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty

These are the times that try men's souls.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Land where my fathers died,_x000D_ _x000D_ Land of the pilgrims' pride,_x000D_ _x000D_ From every mountainside_x000D_ _x000D_ Let freedom ring!

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.