Happy 4th of July, friends! We hope you’re enjoying time in the sun with family and friends on this momentous holiday. As we celebrate our independence together, here is a collection of patriotic quotes to fire up your American spirit!
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
– John F. Kennedy
“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
“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”
– Alexander Hamilton
“A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.”
– George William Curtis
“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.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.”
– James Madison
And who could forget this classic from ’96!? (click to view)
“Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. “Mankind.” That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!”
– President Thomas Whitmore, Independence Day
