Quotes on American Independence Day

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?