Independence Day Sayings

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

The Americans are a people of children, for whom everything is a game.

— Otto von Bismarck Late 19th century
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The United States has no right to tell us what to do. We are a sovereign country. We are not a colony of the United States.

— Fidel Castro 1961
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The Americans are like a big elephant, but we are like a small ant. We will gnaw away at their legs until they fall.

— Ho Chi Minh 1960s
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I am not a saint, and I have my faults. But I have tried to do what is right for America.

— Richard Nixon 1974
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One day, when the world is tired of the Americans, it will turn to France.

— Charles de Gaulle Unknown
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We must defend our independence at all costs.

— Pol Pot 1978
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The oil is for the Arabs, not for the Americans.

— Saddam Hussein 1970s
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America is the Great Satan, the wounded snake.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
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Let America be as angry as it wants.

— Ayatollah Khomeini 1980s
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The United States is a big country, but it is not necessarily a wise country.

— Deng Xiaoping 1980s
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I am deeply grateful for the kind understanding of the American people and the generous assistance rendered for the reconstruction of our country.

— Emperor Hirohito 1975
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I have always tried to be a constitutional monarch, acting within the bounds of the constitution.

— Emperor Hirohito 1975
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I have always sought the advice of my ministers and acted in accordance with the constitution.

— Emperor Hirohito 1975
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The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.

— Kwame Nkrumah 1957
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Our independence means that we are free to make our own mistakes.

— Julius Nyerere 1961
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The Congo's independence is a decisive step towards the liberation of the entire African continent.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
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I am a democrat, but I am also a patriot.

— Boris Yeltsin 1994
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I'm not going to apologize for America. I'm going to apologize for some of the things we've done.

— Barack Obama 2009
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The United States is a rogue state.

— Noam Chomsky 1992
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The Americans are naive to think they can understand China.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1950
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