Independence Day Sayings

Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.

The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

The American Crisis: These are the times that try men's souls.

It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to conquer America, if she do not conquer herself by delay and disunion.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

The very constitution of civil society has been framed in the interest of men.

The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

A just society respects the freedom and equality of its citizens.

The aim of justice as fairness is to provide a reasonable conception of justice for a constitutional democracy.

The proper method of fighting for freedom is to be free.

I've found that there is always some beauty left—in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

The black man is a man who has been denied his humanity, his individuality, his freedom.

The university should be a place of critical inquiry, of intellectual freedom, of social responsibility.

The struggle for decolonization is a struggle for human dignity, for human freedom, for human rights.

The highest form of freedom is to choose your master.

The ultimate freedom is to be able to choose your own chains.

The ultimate gesture of freedom is to say 'no'.

Every man who has tasted freedom will forever be a rebel.

I am not a great admirer of the British Constitution.

I am not an American. I am the American.