4th Of July Quotes - Page 12

• Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

  Andrew Jackson

  Life, Country, Patriotic

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Bible, God, Country

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• I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn't particularly want money. I didn't know what I wanted. Yes, I did. I wanted someplace to hide out, someplace where one didn't have to do anything. The thought of being something didn't only appall me, it sickened me . . . To do things, to be part of family picnics, Christmas, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Mother's Day . . . was a man born just to endure those things and then die? I would rather be a dishwasher, return alone to a tiny room and drink myself to sleep.

  Charles Bukowski

  Mother, Sleep, Men

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• He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Virtue, Ill

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.89, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Speak, Poor Richard, Mistaken

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Necessity never made a good bargain.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Honor, Negotiation

  Poor Richard's Almanack, Apr. 1735

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• Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Political, Independence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.107, Pan Macmillan

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• Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Death, Promise, Constitution Of The United States

  Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. 1789

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• Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

  Bertrand Russell

  Patriotic, Government, Patriotism

  "Sceptical Essays". Ch. 13: Freedom in Society. Book by Bertrand Russell, 1928.

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• When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

  Gloria Stuart

  Happy Birthday, Nice, My Birthday

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• My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

  Harry S. Truman

  Father, Failure, President

  Harry S. Truman (1966). “Good old Harry: the wit and wisdom of Harry S. Truman”

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• Read much, but not too many books.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Book

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.49, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Dog, Fleas

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.9, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection," he stated. "Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. ... Do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Prayer, Needs, Rooms

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• Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sea, Tyrants, Water

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• This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

  Jack Kerouac

  Thinking, America, Stories

  Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.165, Penguin

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• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Life, Safety, Survival

  sir John Barnard, Benjamin Franklin (1848). “A present for an apprentice [by sir J. Barnard]. To which is added, Franklin's Way to wealth. [Ed.] by a citizen of London [T. Tegg].”, p.288

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• Little strokes fell great oaks.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Persistence, Accomplishment

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.81

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  Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

  Abigail Adams

  Perseverance, May, Difficulty

  Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.113, UPNE

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• Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hate, Anger, Forgiving

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.95, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Death, Humor

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• Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

  John Gunther

  Country, Patriotic, Usa

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• He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Patriotic, Men, Patriotism

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• Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Kings, Pride, Hands

  Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography & Selected Writings”, p.64, American Liberty Press

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• While General Howe with a Large Armament is advancing towards New York, our Congress resolved to Declare the United Colonies free and Independent States. A Declaration for this Purpose, I expect, will this day pass Congress...It is gone so far that we must now be a free independent State, or a Conquered Country.

  Abraham Clark

  Country, New York, Independent

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