Fourth of July Quotes and Sayings

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” – Abraham Lincoln

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.” – John Barnhill

“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!” – Oliver Holmes

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” – Benjamin Franklin

“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 Jones

“The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic — have always blown on free men.” — Franklin Roosevelt

“Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.” – Louis Brandeis

“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.” – Albert Camus

“Freedom is never given, it is won.” – A. Philip Randolph

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela

“In a chariot of light from the region of the day, The Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, The plant she named Liberty Tree.” – Thomas Paine