Quotes on 4th Of July

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so

Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day (the 4th of July)? Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior?.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.

If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.