Need Independence Day Quotes?
Here are 57 at just the right length to tweet!
Celebrate freedom by scheduling a few of these 4th of July quotes.
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Most of these are perfectly suitable as Memorial Day quotes, Labor Day quotes, Flag Day quotes, or any old patriotic quotes!
And they’re not all patriotic – some are just good freedom quotes. Enjoy!
57 Tweetable Independence Day Quotes
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition. ~Thomas Paine
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. ~Woodrow Wilson
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
Let freedom never perish in your hands. ~Joseph Addison
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men, and so it must be daily earned and refreshed. ~DDE
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. ~FDR
Freedom’s natal day is here. Fire the guns and shout for freedom, See the flag above unfurled! ~Florence A. Jones
Hail the stars and stripes forever, Dearest flag in all the world. ~Florence A. Jones
This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. ~LBJ
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. ~Albert Camus
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. ~Unknown
Liberty is the breath of life to nations. ~George Bernard Shaw
May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! ~Daniel Webster
Men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. ~Robert J. McCracken
If our country is worth dying for in time of war, it is truly worth living for in time of peace. ~Hamilton Fish
I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery. ~Rousseau
I love my freedom. I love my America. ~Jessi Lane Adams
Without freedom, no one really has a name. ~Milton Acorda
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ~Benjamin Franklin
All we have of freedom, all we use or know, This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. ~Kipling
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. ~George Bernard Shaw
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. ~Simone de Beauvoir
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. ~Jim Morrison
And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. ~Lee Greenwood
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. ~John Dickinson
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ~William Faulkner
How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of! ~Thomas Jefferson
We fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. ~Paul Sweeney
From every mountain side, Let Freedom ring. ~Samuel F. Smith
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. ~Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ~Moshe Dayan
It is sweet to serve one’s country by deeds, and it is not absurd to serve her by words. ~Sallust
My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue. ~Unknown
Freedom is not enough. ~Lyndon B. Johnson
Freedom is never free. ~Unknown
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. ~Ronald Reagan
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal… ~Thomas Jefferson
Freedom lies in being bold. ~Robert Frost
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. ~Bob Marley
Liberties aren’t given, they are taken. ~Aldous Huxley
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ~James Madison
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. ~James G. Blaine
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. ~MLK
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country. ~Marquis de Lafayette
It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority. ~Samuel Adams
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless. ~Lech Walesa
Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. ~General John Stark
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. ~Orwell
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. ~Adlai Stevenson
When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty. ~John Basil Barnhill
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. ~Ben Franklin
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule it. ~H.L. Mencken
Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan
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