Quotes by 4th Of July Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. Sinclair Lewis patriotic 4th-of-july country Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose. Simone Weil 4th-of-july freedom peace If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it. Stephen Colbert 4th-of-july political father Of the people, by the people, for the people. Sun Yat-sen democracies-have patriotic 4th-of-july 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 july celebrate 4th-of-july This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. Theodore Roosevelt 4th-of-july inspiring country The American dream is not over. America is an adventure. Theodore White 4th-of-july dream adventure Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America. Theodore Roosevelt 4th-of-july mean america Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas B. Macaulay 4th-of-july learning freedom The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart. Thomas Jefferson godly 4th-of-july heart Equal rights for all, special privileges for none Thomas Jefferson equality 4th-of-july rights The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. Thomas Jefferson yield 4th-of-july freedom When wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality. Thomas Jefferson resistance morality 4th-of-july An elective despotism was not the government we fought for. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-july liberty government Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-july freedom men Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-july political government The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-july freedom thinking The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. Thomas Jefferson 4th-of-july liberty government To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. Thomas Paine medicine 4th-of-july funny Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine 4th-of-july motivation war «7891011121314151617»