Independence Day Sayings

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

What is freedom? The right to be a slave to one's own passions.

— Alexander Pushkin Early 19th century
Social & Racial

There is no happiness in the world, there is only freedom and peace.

— Alexander Pushkin 1825
General

I am a lover of liberty, and I cannot bear to see it trampled under foot.

— Lord Byron 1816
General

I am of a very peculiar constitution of mind, I am never happy but when I am miserable.

— Lord Byron 1813
General

As us kids all remember, rock and roll was a great big thing, and it was a revolution, and it was freedom.

— John Lennon 1980
General

My music is about freedom. It's about expressing yourself.

— Miles Davis Undated
General

American basketball is inferior to our Korean style. We play with more revolutionary spirit.

— Kim Jong-un 2014
Political

I'm a very patriotic person. I love my country. I love my flag.

— Freddie Mercury 1977
General

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

— Bob Marley Unknown
General

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

— Nina Simone 1968
Social & Racial

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

— Michael Jackson 1993
Social & Racial

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

— Madonna Undated
General

The only thing I care about is my freedom.

— Marcel Duchamp 1960s (approx)
General

My art is about freedom. It's about breaking free from conventions.

— Yoko Ono 2019
General

I wear the black in honor of the brave, the ones who fought for freedom, from the cradle to the grave.

— Johnny Cash 1971
General

I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man.

— Charlie Sheen 2011
Nature & World

I had to learn how to be a man, and the way I learned how to be a man was to learn how to be a black man. And that's a hard thing to do in America.

— James Brown 1986
General

I don't believe in censorship. I believe in freedom of speech. Even if that speech is offensive to some people.

— Eminem 2000s
Political

I do not believe we can have any freedom in the United States until we have freedom from the Jews.

— Henry Ford 1922
General

Men are not born for liberty.

— Catherine the Great 1767
General
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