What are some of your favorite 4th of July quotes?
Tomorrow is July 4, marking the independence of our great nation which is usually celebrated outside with burgers, dogs, a football and loved ones.
However, what we truly celebrate on our Independence Day is what it means to be American–what the red, white and blue truly stand for.
To do so, we have compiled 10 of the best 4th of July sayings to post on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.
Browse through the next few slides, choose your favorite and share it online.
Happy 4th of July!
4th of July Quotes
- “Equal and exact justice to all men…freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain thisdeclaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance.” – John Adams
4th of July Quotes
- “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “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 exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.” – Abraham Lincoln
4th of July Quotes
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- “I look forward to an America that will not be afraid of grace and beauty.” – John F. Kennedy
- “Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover
4th of July Quotes
- “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman
- “I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it’s marked by the blood of those who died defending it.” – John Thune
4th of July Quotes
- “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” – Bill Clinton
- “We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.” – Barack Obama
