Independence Day Sayings

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

The web is a tool for freedom.

— Tim Berners-Lee 2014
General

The American is obstinate, contented, free. He paints himself with red lines and is regulated by custom.

— Carl Linnaeus 1758
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If you want to be free, you've got to be a prisoner. It's the price you pay for freedom.

— Aldous Huxley 1932
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I think of myself as an American writer. I don't think of myself as a Black writer.

— Toni Morrison 1994
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I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor. And I'm not going to be a victim of America, or of racism, or of sexism, or of ageism, or of any other -ism.

— Maya Angelou 1993
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If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?

— George Carlin 2001
War & Conflict

The true liberation of India will come not from political freedom, but from spiritual awakening.

— Rabindranath Tagore 1921
Political

I am a victim of the American way of life, and I am a victim of the American dream.

— Sylvia Plath 1963
General

I was supposed to be a happy, well-adjusted American girl. And I was, for a while. But then I cracked.

— Sylvia Plath 1963
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The only good thing about America is that you can say anything you want.

— Allen Ginsberg 1970s
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I have a theory that the human species is not ready for freedom.

— Hunter S. Thompson N/A
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America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and the poor are among the most physically miserable on Earth.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1969
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The United States is a nation of liars.

— Kurt Vonnegut N/A
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Freedom is a heavy load, a beautiful and terrible thing.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 1971
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Freedom, like everything else, is relative.

— Margaret Atwood 1985
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Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.

— Margaret Atwood 1985
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The idea that some thoughts are too dangerous to be thought is a dangerous idea for freedom.

— Salman Rushdie 2006
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The greatest danger to freedom is the abandonment of reason.

— Salman Rushdie 2012
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I think that loneliness is a kind of freedom.

— Haruki Murakami 1999
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Lords are not to be trusted with the liberty of their own consciences, so little with the liberty of ours.

— John Milton 1644
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