50 Happy 4th Of July Quotes To Celebrate The American Dream

50 Happy 4th Of July Quotes To Celebrate The American Dream

By Roman Chiarello — Written on Jul 03, 2021

Happy 4th of July! Celebrate the birth of the American dream with the collection below of the best 4th of July quotes from founding fathers and national patriots you can share with your friends and family.

On July 4, 1776, fifty-six leaders of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. With this signing, our Founding Fathers declared the 2.5 million people living in the thirteen colonies members of a new, independent nation: The United States of America.

Every year, patriotic folks across the nation celebrate our freedom and this momentous occasion with fireworks, BBQ parties, parades, and outdoor games as scores of American flags can be seen soaring across the nation.

Displays and events like these bring people together to mark the day and put their American pride on full display. And being able to celebrate this American pride and patriotism is one of this country’s greatest hallmarks.

Here’s our collection of 50 of the best 4th of July quotes from founding fathers to national patriots to help you celebrate.

1. “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.” — Abraham Lincoln

2. “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln

3. “Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.” — Ronald Reagan

4. “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” — John Dickinson

5. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis

6. “America means opportunity, freedom, power.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell

8. “America, to me, is freedom.” — Willie Nelson

9. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry S. Truman

10. “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison

11. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” — George S. Patton

12. “With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

13. “The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic — have always blown on free men.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

14. “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” — Abraham Lincoln

15. “Liberty is the breath of life to nations.” — George Bernard Shaw

16. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

17. “May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!” — Daniel Webster

18. “In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

19. “All we have of freedom, all we use or know — This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.” — Rudyard Kipling

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