Inspirational 4th of July Quotes
As the United States Independence day grows near it can be difficult to remember that feeling you had as a kid. This once felt like the greatest country on earth, something far better than anywhere else. And while you may still feel that this is a special and important country it is difficult to regain that feeling in the pit of your stomach. One of the best ways to regain a measure of that feeling is to think back to what July 4th 1776 really meant by examining the words of those who understood this country and that day better than we do and allow them to inspire us.
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people." George Washington
"Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority." Barber B Conable Jr.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." Albert Camus
"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality." George Washington
"Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe" George Washington"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John F. Kennedy"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." Albert Einstein
"Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free." Thomas Jefferson
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." Martin Luther King Jr.
"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation" Jimmy Carter
"I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph" Cordell Hull
"Where liberty is, there is my country" Benjamin Franklin
"Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments" Andrew Jackson
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed," - United States Declaration of Independence
