Independence Day Sayings

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

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

— Aung San Suu Kyi Approx. 2010s
War & Violence

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.

— Benazir Bhutto Unknown
Political

And so tyranny naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme form of liberty.

— Socrates ~375 BC
Political

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

— Epictetus 108
Justice & Rights

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

— Henry David Thoreau 1849
Justice & Rights

Freedom, progress is the goal in the world of art as in general.

— Ludwig van Beethoven 1820s
Art & Creativity

It is a fact that I have always placed my personal freedom before everything else.

— Ludwig van Beethoven 1815
Justice & Rights

I don't need no money. I need freedom.

— Bob Marley 1970s
Money & Business

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

— Bob Marley 1970s
Justice & Rights

I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean, really, no fear!

— Nina Simone 1968
Justice & Rights

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

— Jeremy Bentham 1789
Justice & Rights

The only works of art that America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.

— Marcel Duchamp Undated
Art & Creativity

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern society, just a barbaric one.

— Ai Weiwei 2011
Justice & Rights

The internet is a weapon. It's a weapon for freedom, for truth, for justice.

— Ai Weiwei 2011
War & Conflict

My life is a constant struggle for freedom, for dignity, for human rights.

— Ai Weiwei 2015
Justice & Rights

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles.

— Igor Stravinsky 1942
Justice & Rights

There can be no freedom without economic freedom.

— Henry Ford Approx. 1920s
Money & Business

The business of America is business.

— Andrew Carnegie Early 20th Century
Money & Business

I'm not a Republican. I'm not a Democrat. I'm a newspaper man.

— Rupert Murdoch 2010
Political

I'm a Muslim and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm a black man in America. I want justice and equality. I want what's rightfully mine.

— Muhammad Ali 1960s
Justice & Rights
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