Independence Day Sayings

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

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry... There is no place for dogma in science.

— Robert Oppenheimer c. 1950s
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Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.

— Golda Meir Undated
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God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

— Bismarck Late 19th century (approximate)
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

— Bismarck Late 19th century (approximate)
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This is what you made me, America.

— Tupac Shakur c. 1990s
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America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

— Gloria Steinem approx. 1970s-1980s
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Television is like the American toaster, you push the button, and the same thing pops up every time.

— Alfred Hitchcock Undated
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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they've tried everything else.

— Winston Churchill 1940s (approx)
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The struggle for independence is never over.

— David Ben-Gurion Unknown
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The Chinese dream is not the American dream.

— Xi Jinping 2013
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I believe in the value of artistic freedom and the power of satire.

— Maurizio Cattelan N/A (general statement)
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Nothing is off-limits in the realm of art. It's a space for ultimate freedom.

— Maurizio Cattelan N/A (general statement)
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The only way to achieve freedom is to fight for it.

— Vaclav Havel 1980s
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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

— Desmond Tutu Unknown
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Excess of liberty, whether in states or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

— Plato c. 375 BCE
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

— Plato c. 375 BCE
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What is freedom? The will to be responsible for oneself.

— Friedrich Nietzsche 1889
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Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

— Karl Marx N/A
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The abolition of bourgeois individuality, bourgeois independence, and bourgeois freedom is undoubtedly aimed at.

— Karl Marx 1848
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The demand for a free press is essentially a demand for the freedom of public opinion.

— Karl Marx 1842
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