FOUNDING FATHERS INDEPENDENCE DAY QUOTES

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” – George Washington

“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.” – George Washington

“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” – Thomas Paine

“I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” – John Adams

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” – Preamble to the United States Constitution

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington

“What is the true meaning of independence? For some, it may be the ability to think and act freely without interference. For others, it might be the pursuit of happiness, as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of others.” – John Jay

“We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern, act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it.” – George Washington

“Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master.” – Dwight Eisenhower

“Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty.” – John Adams

“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.” – Thomas Jefferson QUOTES ABOUT VENTING

“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” – Patrick Henry

“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The freedom to express oneself is the highest form of liberty.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” – John Adams

“The happiness of society is the end of all government.” – John Adams

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson

“We hold our liberties from God, not from government.” – John Adams

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington

“Independence now and forever!” – John Adams

“We are a people of God in this country, not a government of the people.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison