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“By 1778, British peace commissioners were offering to rectify all the American grievances of 1776, ignoring only the demand for independence.”

— Willard Sterne Randall

“in August 1777 that "no public or private injury or insult shall prevail on me to forsake the cause of my injured and oppressed…

— Willard Sterne Randall

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.

— Doc Hastings

“America was the land of liberty--and liberty had come to mean the right to disregard the rights of others.”

— Milo Hastings

“Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. The history of nations doomed to perpetual…

— Ethan Allen

“But the freedom won by the men of 1776 was incomplete without the freedom for which the men of 1833 were striving.”

— Archibald Henry Grimke

“Benjamin Franklin, that those who trade some of their liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. The wisdom of…

— Brad Thor

“Give me liberty or give me death." [From a speech given at Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia on March 23, 1775 to the…

— Patrick Henry

“for men whose desire for liberty has been destroyed, liberty must be thrust upon them.”

— Milo Hastings

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

— Calvin Coolidge

“Liberty isn't bestowed; it's achieved. It is not a gift; it's a conquest. It does not abide; it must be preserved.”

— Albert E. Bowen

“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”

— Nathan Hale