Ok ok, so it's been a zillion years. Happy Birthday America!
Here are some quotes for the 4th. enjoy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
A politician will do anything to keep his job even become a patriot.
--William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) US newspaper publisher, Recalled on his death 14 Aug 1951
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
--Edward Abbey (1927-1989) US author
If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
--Thomas Paine
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
--Thomas Paine (1737-1809) American political theorist, writer
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.
--Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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.
--The Declaration of Independence
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
--George Bernard Shaw
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
--Abraham Lincoln
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him
--Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Essayist, philosopher, and statesman
Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty--to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free.
--de Gourmont
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
--James Madison
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it
--Woodrow Wilson
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
--John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address Washington, D.C. January 20, 1961
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
--Patrick Henry March 23,1775
Here are some quotes for the 4th. enjoy
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
A politician will do anything to keep his job even become a patriot.
--William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) US newspaper publisher, Recalled on his death 14 Aug 1951
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
--Edward Abbey (1927-1989) US author
If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
--Thomas Paine
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
--Thomas Paine (1737-1809) American political theorist, writer
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.
--Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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.
--The Declaration of Independence
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
--George Bernard Shaw
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
--Abraham Lincoln
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him
--Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Essayist, philosopher, and statesman
Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty--to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free.
--de Gourmont
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
--James Madison
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it
--Woodrow Wilson
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
--John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address Washington, D.C. January 20, 1961
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
--Patrick Henry March 23,1775
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