July 4 Quotes

19 quotes from 17 authors

When July 4th arrives, fireworks aren’t the only spark of conversation. The 19 quotes here, voiced by 17 different authors, reveal how people view liberty, national pride, and the everyday rituals that give the holiday its meaning. Reflections range from solemn to playful, offering sense of mood around Independence Day.

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America! America! God shed His grace on thee.

Katharine Lee Bates

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This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

Abraham Lincoln

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I got married in Vegas on Warped Tour on July 4 - that's how crazy my life has been.

Geoff Rickly

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

George Washington

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“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

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Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring!

Samuel Francis Smith

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Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit.

Khalil Gibran

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

John Burroughs

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America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shinning sea!

Katharine Lee Bates

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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

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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

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July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put…

Mark Twain

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Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a…

James Madison

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July 4 is the perfect day to relax. It also provides a very good chance to spend quality time with friends and…

Colin Chapman

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You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers…

Erma Bombeck

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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your…

John F. Kennedy

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July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker…

Calvin Coolidge

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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them…

Thomas Jefferson

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O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain…

Katharine Lee Bates

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