4th of july Quote by James Madison

“These revolutions are born of hope, and their philosophies are formally optimistic.”

— Brinton Crane

May these happy United States attain that complete splendour and prosperity which will illustrate the blessings of their government, and for ages to come…

— Marquis de Lafayette

Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or…

— Deborah Sampson

Revolution is a drama of passion. We did not win the people over by appealing to reason but by developing hope, trust, fraternity.

— Mao Zedong

“But all these revolutions resulted in good to the people. Education, public spirit, enterprise, labor, all the arts of civilization, and even evangelical Christianity…

— E. E. (Ezra Eastman) Adams

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— Leonard Boswell

“the optimism, the boundless confidence of a society that had not yet seen or imagined the world wars, the belief that humankind had the…

— Adam Hochschild

“The increased facilities of communication and exchange of thought, the teachings of history, the unity of government, the rise of literature and the efforts…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“Our only hope lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty,…

— Martin Luther King Jr

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness,…

— Louis D. Brandeis

Revolution was written into the U.S. Constitution so it's like they're in a constant state of revolution. But then again, happiness is written into…

— Billy Connolly

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of…

— James Madison