Quotes about 4th-of-july
4th-of-july rain blessing
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. Andrew Jackson
4th-of-july believe men
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. Andrew Jackson
4th-of-july weekend news
One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents. Andy Rooney
4th-of-july blessing liberty
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. Benjamin Rush
4th-of-july adversity patriotic
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. Jimmy Carter
4th-of-july heart our-future
We've staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all our heart. James Madison
4th-of-july race america
Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society. James Madison
4th-of-july hands happy-independence-day
Let freedom never perish in your hands. Joseph Addison
4th-of-july enough
Freedom is not enough. Lyndon B. Johnson
4th-of-july patriotic government
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. Bertrand Russell
4th-of-july caring compassion
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another. Erma Bombeck
4th-of-july food kids
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. Erma Bombeck
4th-of-july wish firsts
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. George Washington
4th-of-july america justice
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberty. George Washington
4th-of-july men abolition-of-slavery
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery. George Washington
4th-of-july political may
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent. George Washington
4th-of-july army soldier
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. George Washington
4th-of-july heart attachment
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. George Washington
4th-of-july character mean
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it. George Washington
4th-of-july government mankind
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. George Washington
4th-of-july past errors
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. George Washington
4th-of-july army numbers
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. George Washington
4th-of-july voice republican-government
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. George Washington
4th-of-july europe america
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe. George Washington
4th-of-july law liberty
Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. George Washington
4th-of-july government fire
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. George Washington
4th-of-july two political
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. George Washington
4th-of-july destiny government
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. George Washington
4th-of-july america liberty
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. George Washington
4th-of-july claims tribute
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics. George Washington
4th-of-july patriotic successful
The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world. Frederick Chiluba
4th-of-july conservative slave
What to the Slave is the 4th of July. Frederick Douglass
4th-of-july blood rights
We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. Felix Frankfurter