Quotes about 4th-of-july
4th-of-july government giving
To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers between the general [national] and particular [state] governments. Thomas Jefferson
4th-of-july independent self
I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. . . . We seem not to perceive that, by the law of nature, one generation is to another as one independent nation is to another. . . . The earth belongs always to the living generations.
4th-of-july media government
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
4th-of-july heaven exclusion
I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.
4th-of-july sea liberty
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
4th-of-july government liberty
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
4th-of-july rights law
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
4th-of-july parent liberty
Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
4th-of-july resistance morality
When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality.
4th-of-july eye men
All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view. The palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god. These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.
4th-of-july liberty want
Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
4th-of-july men thinking
To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will, and speak as we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement
4th-of-july liberty cornerstones
The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.
4th-of-july government libertarian
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.
4th-of-july heart government
The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.
4th-of-july divine-guidance optimism
May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism. Ronald Reagan
4th-of-july blessing flags
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. Ulysses S. Grant
4th-of-july opportunity political
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity. Robert Kennedy
4th-of-july patriotic america
We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. Richard M. Nixon
4th-of-july heart patriotic
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. Woodrow Wilson
4th-of-july men america
America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.
4th-of-july revolution usa-patriotism
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.
4th-of-july men safety
I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
4th-of-july patriotic america
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
4th-of-july america appreciate
Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female. Katy Perry
4th-of-july opportunity names
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4th-of-july son abandon
Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans! Robert E. Lee
4th-of-july enemy individual
The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. Saul Alinsky
4th-of-july america government
You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it. Scott Walker
4th-of-july men good-man
Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad. Thomas Paine
4th-of-july government common-sense
Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
4th-of-july medicine religion
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
4th-of-july july celebrate
Just because you came here in 1880, 1950, whenever, you became an American. You get to celebrate July 4th like every other American. You don't just get the good part. You get the bad part, too. You get all of it. Ta-Nehisi Coates