Independence Day Sayings

Celebrating liberty, freedom, and the American spirit — 771 sayings

I'm a jazz freedom fighter, and I believe in the power of improvisation and the blues as a way of life.

— Cornel West 2015
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The American dream is really a nightmare for most people.

— Cornel West 2014
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I'm a libertarian. I believe in individual freedom above all else.

— John McAfee Unknown
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The whole purpose of the New Deal was to make America safe for democracy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt c. 1930s
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

— Nelson Mandela Unknown
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I believe in the family. I believe in the nation. I believe in freedom. I believe in enterprise. And I believe in the future.

— Margaret Thatcher 1987
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I hope you are all Republicans.

— Ronald Reagan 1981
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I hope we never live to see a day when a President of the United States is afraid to tell the American people the truth.

— Ronald Reagan 1980
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I will never give up. I will fight for freedom until my last breath.

— Lech Walesa 1980s
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The primary purpose of a free government is to protect the freedom of its citizens.

— Vaclav Havel Various
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Liberty, according to the most common acceptation of the word, means a power of acting or not acting, according to the determinations of the will.

— David Hume 1748
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Scepticism is the freedom which thought achieves in itself.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1833-1836 (posthumous)
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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

— Noam Chomsky 1991
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

— Aung San Suu Kyi 1995
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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

— Pericles 431 BCE
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

— George Orwell 1949
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A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

— Aldous Huxley 1927
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I don't believe in the American Dream. I believe in the American Nightmare.

— Hunter S. Thompson Unknown
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I am a great admirer of freedom, and I believe it is the most precious thing in the world.

— Alexander Pushkin 1826
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The American ideal, after all, is to be as much like an American as possible.

— James Baldwin 1961
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