Independence Day is on July 4th in the United States. Also known as the fourth of July it celebrates American Independence. What a wonderful day to celebrate or create your own independence! In honor of this day we have gathered some Independence Day quotes and sayings.
Independence Day Quotes and Sayings
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one’s true character, to be altogether one’s self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. Corliss Lamont
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. William J. Clinton
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is like charity – it begins at home. Henry James
Let freedom never perish in your hands. Joseph Addison
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
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. Simone de Beauvoir
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence. William J. H. Boetcker
Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It’s fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. William J. Clinton
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity. Thomas J. Watson
Those who won our independence… valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. Louis D. Brandeis
Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. David Ben-Gurion
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. Henry Cabot Lodge
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. Will Durant
We Hope you enjoy these Independence Day Quotes and Sayings. If you have any other ones share them in the comment section below. Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!
