Independence Day Sayings

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

I know that I am a black man, and I know that I am an American, and I know that I have the same rights as any other American.

— Jackie Robinson 1949
Justice & Rights

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

— Harriet Tubman c. 1849-1850
Justice & Rights

If you are tired, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.

— Harriet Tubman Unknown
Justice & Rights

I grew up like a neglected weed, — ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

— Harriet Tubman 1886
Justice & Rights

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

— Frederick Douglass 1872
Political

To think, I have had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty, and then to die without it seems hard.

— Susan B. Anthony 1906
Justice & Rights

The true republic—men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

— Susan B. Anthony 1868
Political

Our freedom is not complete until all people are free.

— Rosa Parks Late 20th Century
Justice & Rights

We still have a long way to go in our struggle for freedom.

— Rosa Parks Late 20th Century
Justice & Rights

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

— Leo Tolstoy 1900
Life & Death

Why did God give us hair there anyways? Why didn't guys have to shave there? Why was it accepted in Europe but not in America?

— Madonna 2013 (reflecting on youth)
Religious

I think that the court should be a guardian of the Constitution.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2015
Justice & Rights

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

— Salman Rushdie 2005
Justice & Rights

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.

— Roald Dahl 1986
Art & Creativity

I'm not trying to bring down the government, I'm trying to uphold the Constitution.

— Edward Snowden 2014
Political

The internet is the greatest weapon for freedom that we have.

— Julian Assange 2010
War & Conflict

The only people who claim I didn't give them enough freedom are the people who didn't know how to use it.

— Rupert Murdoch 1967
General

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

— William Randolph Hearst Early 20th century (approximate)
Political

American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.

— Hedy Lamarr Approx. 1950s-1960s
General

Now, how can she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, 'Do I even want to go back to America?'

— LeBron James 2022
General
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