Great Independence Day Quotes

Independence day occurs on July 4th in the United States. This is a day when friends and family join together. Barbecues, parades, parties, all around the country. American flags are displayed for all to see with pride. This is a day to celebrate freedom, independence, liberty, and of course unity. Here are a few memorable quotes that are perfect for this very patriotic day to share with friends and family.

Quote List

"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Abraham Lincoln

"The United States is the only country with a known birthday."
James G. Blaine

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom is not enough."
Lyndon B. Johnson

"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
Bill Clinton

IN the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed: it must be achieved."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation."
Woodrow T. Wilson

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy

"All we have of freedom - all we use or know - This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago."
Rudyard Kipling

"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it."
William Faulkner

"Better to starve free than be a fat slave."
Aesop

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country."
Benjamin Franklin

"And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me."
Lee Greenwood

"This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me."
Woody Guthrie

"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."
Erma Bombeck.