Quotes about the 4th of July (Independence Day)

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!

Independence Day. Best holiday on the calendar. The Fourth of July never lets you down. It's just simple, summer fun with games, parades, concerts, burgers, hot dogs and bursts of fiery embers in the sky. There's no cooking a turkey for six hours. No cross-country travel through snow and ice, no feeling pressure to spend money.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.

The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.