Independence Day Sayings

Where there is no law, there is no freedom.

There is no such thing as freedom of the will.

Liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find others writing against us.

The liberty of a subject lieth therefore only in those things, which in regulating their actions, the sovereign hath praetermitted.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

The most perfect human being is the one who has the most freedom.

America is a mistake, a gigantic mistake.

Man has a need for religion but he also has a need for freedom from religion.

What is freedom? It is the right to choose your own chains.

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of the mind.

The world was to be made over, and we were to begin by making it over in America.

I like Americans. They are bright, amusing, and can be taught anything. Except the art of taking a joke, perhaps.

I intend to be the first American author of any note.

Nothing is so intoxicating as the first taste of freedom.

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since the 20s.

I believe in the German spirit, which is the spirit of freedom.

I believe in the American dream.

I'm a Muslim, but I'm an American too.

We have to fight for our freedom, and we will fight for it, and we will win it.

The true symbol of America is not the eagle, but the common barnyard hen.