That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
July 4 is the perfect day to relax. It also provides a very good chance to spend quality time with friends and… — Colin Chapman Copy Share Image
On July 4 we celebrate government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or as they are now called, corporations. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shinning sea! — Katharine Lee Bates Copy Share Image
“There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.... — Katharine Lee Bates Copy Share Image
Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality. — George Washington Copy Share Image
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I got married in Vegas on Warped Tour on July 4 - that's how crazy my life has been. — Geoff Rickly Copy Share Image
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring! — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
