Independence Day: Patriotic Quotes & Sayings for July 4

July 4 is Independence Day in the U.S.A and many around the nation will attend picnics, parades, backyard barbecues and/or spectacular fireworks displays in honor of the Fourth of July holiday.

Celebrate America’s birthday with the following patriotic quotes and sayings perfect for Independence Day.

Patriotic Quotes & Sayings Perfect for Independence Day

• I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Ev’ry heart beats true ‘neath the Red, White and Blue. - George Cohan

• You can’t say you love your country and hate your government. - President Bill Clinton

• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis

• Freedom is never free. - Unknown

• Where liberty dwells, there is my country. – Benjamin Franklin

• My patriotic heart beats red, white and blue. - Unknown

• What pity is it that we can die but once to serve our country. – Joseph Addison

• Guard against the impostures of pretend patriotism. - George Washington

• Forgive your enemies but never forget their names. - President John F. Kennedy

• There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – President William Clinton

• Common looking people are the best in the world; that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. - President Abraham Lincoln

• Freedom is never free. - Unknown

• Happy birthday, America!

• One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

• I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. - Nathan Hale

• Wars may be fought with weapons but they are won by men. - General George S. Patton

• Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. - Bertrand Russell

• Liberty: One of imaginations most precious possessions. - Ambrose Bierce

• We can’t all be Washington’s but we can all be patriots. - Charles Browne

• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Patriotism is like charity – it begins at home. - Henry James

Happy birthday, America!

Sources:

American Patriot Web: Patriotic Quotes

Quotations Page: Patriotism

Quote Garden: Quotations for USA Flag Day