Best Independence Day Patriotic Quotes

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.

The United States is the only country with a known birthday.

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood… will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge… At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.

Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

A man’s feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic – have always blown on free men.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

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.

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.