Independence Day Sayings

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

We are fighting for the independence of the Congo and for the dignity of the black man.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
War & Conflict

We have fought for our freedom, and we will defend it.

— Robert Mugabe 2000
Justice & Rights

The struggle for economic independence continues.

— Robert Mugabe 2000
Money & Business

I want to be remembered as a man who brought freedom to Russia.

— Boris Yeltsin 1999
Justice & Rights

My job is not to be a cheerleader for the United States of America.

— Barack Obama 2009
Power & Leadership

When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that's the way it's got to be. It's total.

— Donald Trump 2020
Political

I have never been a communist. I have always been a Catholic and a patriot.

— Lech Walesa 1980s-1990s
Political

The most important thing is to not be afraid of freedom.

— Lech Walesa 1989-1990s
Justice & Rights

Freedom is not given; it is won.

— Vaclav Havel Various
Justice & Rights

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

— Desmond Tutu Uncertain
Justice & Rights

America doesn't respect anything but money. What our people need is a few millionaires.

— Madam C.J. Walker Unknown
Money & Business

I was told that the President of the United States had sent for me. I was glad to go.

— Geronimo 1906
Political

It is better to die in freedom than to live in chains.

— Geronimo Unknown
Justice & Rights

I have seen the white man's cities. They are like anthills. Many people, but no freedom.

— Geronimo Unknown
Justice & Rights

For in all the states of created beings capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

— John Locke 1689
Art & Creativity

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau Unknown
Justice & Rights

What is called liberty is the right to do anything that harms no one else.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau Unknown
Justice & Rights

The development of the world is the development of the idea of freedom.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1837 (posthumous)
Justice & Rights

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

— John Stuart Mill 1859
Justice & Rights

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

— John Stuart Mill 1859
War & Conflict
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