4th Of July Quotes - Page 10

• Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your
  country, let men label you as they may.

  Mark Twain

  Country, Integrity, Patriotic

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• Let's all cry peace, freedom, and liberty!

  William Shakespeare

  Liberty, Cry, Freedom And Liberty

  William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedie of Julius Caesar”, p.146, Classic Books Company

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Leadership, Bullying, Funny Inspirational

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• The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

  Pablo Casals

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Country

  "Joys and Sorrows : Reflections‎ by Pablo Casals as told to Albert E. Kahn". Book by Albert E. Kahn, 1974.

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• Damn, I can't wait until it get dark,
  So I can light these fireworks up at the park,
  And celebrate my independence,
  It's the 4th of July, but I ain't got 10 cents.

  Kam

  Rap, Dark, Light

  Song: Holiday Madness, Album: Neva Again, 1993

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• This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Freedom, Exercise

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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• Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.

  Adam Kokesh

  Government, Years, May

  Adam Kokesh Calls For 'New American Revolution' by Paul Joseph Watson, www.infowars.com. May 24, 2013.

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• Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Growing Up, Freedom, Responsibility

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1960). “You Learn by Living”, p.152, Westminster John Knox Press

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• I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.

  George Washington

  Men, Abolition Of Slavery, Wish

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.159

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• The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.

  George Washington

  Wisdom, Government, Justice

  "The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private".

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• I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

  George Washington

  Political, May, Politics

  George Washington (2008). “George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior: ...And Other Important Writings”, p.119, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

  George Washington

  Attitude, Business, Men

  George Washington (1871). “Words of Washington”, p.8

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• I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

  George Washington

  Country, Views, Honor

  George Washington (1834). “Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution. June, 1775, to July, 1776 (v. 3); July, 1776, to July, 1777 (v. 4); July, 1777, to July, 1778 (v. 5); July, 1778, to March, 1780 (v. 6); March, 1780, to April, 1781 (v. 7); April, 1781, to December, 1783 (v. 8)”, p.504

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• Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by it.

  George Washington

  Wish, Firsts, Mercy

  "Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral and Religious".

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• It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

  George Washington

  Patriotic, Government, Defense

  George Washington (1948). “Basic Writings of George Washington”

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• It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

  Daniel Webster

  Veterans Day, Blessing, Forever

  Discourse in Commemoration of Adams and Jefferson, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass., 2 Aug. 1826

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• Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

  Daniel Webster

  Failure, Energy, Want

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• The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

  Walt Whitman

  Beauty, Independence, Departure

  Walt Whitman “Annotated LEAVES OF GRASS with English Grammar Exercises: by Walt Whitman (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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• In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, America, Giving

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1024, GENERAL PRESS

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• America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, America, Vision

  Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1925). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)”

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• God helps them that help themselves.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.236

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• And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
  My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Freedom, Patriotic

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• Leave us to our free election.

  William Shakespeare

  Election, Free Elections

  William Shakespeare (2015). “Pericles”, p.30, Courier Dover Publications

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• There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.

  Archibald MacLeish

  Dream, Patriotic, Men

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• He loves his country best who strives to make it best.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Country, Patriotic, Army

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1952). “Life and Letters”

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