Barack Obama - In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope
John Adams - It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
Nelson Mandela - For to be is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Benjamin Franklin - Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
James Bryce - Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
Frederick Douglass - The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
Rob Lowe - I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties.
Matthew Sweet - The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.
Gloria Steinem - The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
Lupita Nyong'o - Dreams are the foundation of America.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - America means opportunity, freedom, power.
Abraham Lincoln - Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Bob Dylan - I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Christopher Hitchens - The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored
Blake Anderson - I love mayonnaise. Every birthday when I was a kid I'd go to Black Angus and just dip my burger in mayo.
Kahlil Gibran - Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Mac Thornberry - No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
Martin Luther King Jr. - From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
Louis D. Brandeis - Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness.
Barack Obama - In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.
Bill Clinton - There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
Cathy Guisewite - I wanted Cathy and Irving to actually say 'I do' and be pronounced husband and wife on Feb. 5, which is my mom's birthday.
George Bernard Shaw - Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Albert Camus - Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
Paul Tsongas - America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.
Ronald Reagan - Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.
Thomas Campbell - The patriot's blood is the seed of freedom's tree.
Camila Alves - The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
Cody Horn - And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.
James Madison - The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
Franklin D. Roosevelt - In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Eleanor Roosevelt - With freedom comes responsibility.
Fanny Lewald - That is the truly beautiful and encouraging aspect of freedom; no one struggles for it just for himself.
Rosa Parks - I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be and wanted other people to be also
Martin Luther King, Jr. - There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.
Anne Lamott - Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.
Gerald Stanley Lee - America is a tune. It must be sung together
William Faulkner - We must be not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
Harry S. Truman - America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.
J.S.B. Morse - I don't believe in the constitution because I'm American. I'm American because I believe in the constitution.
Michelle Obama - The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world.
Ronald Reagan - Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
Gene Tierney - I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.
Wendell L. Wilkie - I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.
John F. Kennedy - Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Hillary Clinton - Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation.
Henry James - I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
Mark Twain - Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
Jeff Dunham - Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.
Isla Fisher - I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up.
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