Do you know any 4th of July quotes off the top of your head?

This nation is about to turn 241, and there have been plenty of patriots who have given this country its basic tenets of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. On July 4th, we honor the great minds that have folded the U.S. into the proud nation it is today.

We have compiled 10 of the best 4th of July quotes in order to make you feel proud to an American. Get into the holiday spirit by sharing these on social media and connecting with your fellow countrymen.

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4th of July Quotes

• “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor, and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.” -John F. Kennedy

• “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

4th of July Quotes

• “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” -Abraham Lincoln
• “America.. it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.” -Thomas Wolfe

4th of July Quotes

• “May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” -Peter Marshall
• “In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

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• “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” -Elmer Davis
• “The essence of America—that which really unites us—is not ethnicity, or nationality, or religion. It is an idea—and what an idea it is: that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. That it doesn’t matter where you came from, but where you are going.” -Condolezza Rice

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• “It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.” -J. Horace McFarland
• “I am an American, free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.” -Theodore Roosevelt