Inspirational 4th of July Quotes will inspire growth in life, make you wiser and broaden your perspective.
Famous 4th of July Quotes
I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don’t have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It’s always fun. – James Lafferty
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. – President Harry S. Truman
You cannot conquer America. – William Pitt
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. – President Abraham Lincoln
Independence Day: freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
America is a tune. It must be sung together. – Gerald Stanley Lee
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance. – President Theodore Roosevelt
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. – Mac Thornberry
It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other. – John Adams
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. – Sinclair Lewis
I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai E. Stevenson
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson
I believe the essence of the Independence Day is missing. We celebrate it like any other holiday, which is wrong. We must celebrate our independence everyday, not just on one day of the year. – Arin Paul
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. – John Dickinson
Laughter is America’s most important export. – Walt Disney
So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other. – President Barack Obama
To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days. – Carol Ryrie Brink
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves – President Abraham Lincoln
I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true. – Wendell L. Wilkie
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! – Patrick Henry
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. – President Barack Obama
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. – John Burroughs
We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. – Robert J. McCracken
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
Let freedom never perish in your hands. – Joseph Addison
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. – James G. Blaine
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. – James G. Blaine
America is a tune. It must be sung together. – Gerald Stanley Lee
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – President Bill Clinton
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore! – Oliver Wendell Holmes
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. – Abraham Lincoln
Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. – Edward Abbey
Freedom is never given; it is won. – A. Philip Randolph
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. – William Faulkner
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. – Benjamin Franklin
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. – President George Washington
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. – Benjamin Franklin
My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans, one America. – Val Saintsburt
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. – Kahlil Gibran
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. – Albert Einstein
America means opportunity, freedom, power. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. – President George W. Bush
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. – Thomas Paine
Give me liberty or give me death! – Patrick Henry
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country. – Marquis de Lafayette
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy
We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense. – President Barack Obama
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. – William Faulkner
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless. – Lech Walesa
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free. – Thomas Jefferson
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. – President George Washington
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. – John F. Kennedy
The essence of America that which really unites us is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion it is an idea and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going. – Condoleezza Rice
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. – Carson McCullers
May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! – Daniel Webster
Freedom lies in being bold. – Robert Frost
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. – Mark Twain
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. – Louis D. Brandeis
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. – George Washington
I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free. – Rosa Parks
This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. – Lyndon B. Johnson
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. – Abraham Lincoln
Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty. – Alexander Hamilton
I love my freedom. I love my America. – Jessi Lane Adams
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. – James Madison
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. – United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom ‘to’ and freedom ‘from.’ – Marilyn vos Savant
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. – Clarence Darrow
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – William J. Clinton
Liberty is the breath of life to nations. – George Bernard Shaw
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. – President James Madison
We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. – Ricardo Flores Magon
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. – Gloria Steinem
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. – Harry Emerson Fosdick
It’s Fourth of July weekend, or, as I call it, Exploding Christmas. – Stephen Colbert
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. – President Woodrow Wilson
Freedom’s natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled! Hail the stars and stripes forever, Dearest flag in all the world. – Florence A. Jones
When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat. – George Carlin
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. – President John F. Kennedy
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. – John F. Kennedy
