Quotes about 4th-of-july
4th-of-july sea liberty
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. Thomas Jefferson
4th-of-july government liberty
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
4th-of-july rights law
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
4th-of-july parent liberty
Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
4th-of-july resistance morality
When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.
4th-of-july eye men
All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view. The palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god. These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.
4th-of-july liberty want
Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
4th-of-july men thinking
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
4th-of-july liberty cornerstones
The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.
4th-of-july government libertarian
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
4th-of-july heart government
The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.
4th-of-july america government
You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it. Scott Walker
4th-of-july men honor
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable Miguel de Cervantes
4th-of-july patriotic ideas
America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.
4th-of-july wine independence
Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more. Maya Angelou
4th-of-july patriotic essence
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.' Marilyn vos Savant
4th-of-july world festivals
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?. John Quincy Adams
4th-of-july men long
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or to detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Abraham Lincoln
4th-of-july caring compassion
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another. Erma Bombeck
4th-of-july food kids
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.
4th-of-july blood rights
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. Felix Frankfurter
4th-of-july wish firsts
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. George Washington
4th-of-july america justice
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberty.
4th-of-july men abolition-of-slavery
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
4th-of-july political may
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
4th-of-july army soldier
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
4th-of-july heart attachment
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
4th-of-july character mean
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
4th-of-july government mankind
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
4th-of-july past errors
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
4th-of-july army numbers
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
4th-of-july voice republican-government
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
4th-of-july europe america
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.