In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the…

The United States is the only country with a known birthday.

— James G. Blaine

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

— Elbert Hubbard

From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

— Thomas Jefferson

So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.

— Wendell Willkie

But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The…

— John Adams

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

— Henry Ford

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.

— George Washington

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

— John Burroughs

The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God.…

— Gary Bauer

It's a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.

— Barry Lyga

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer…

— Eduardo Galeano

“I was brought up to hate and fear liberty. I came to love it. That is the secret of my whole career.”

— William Gladstone