Neither the US, nor anyone else, imposes freedom on the peoples of other nations.
Independence Day Quotes
Despite the name, this is not a page about the American Fourth of July. It is built from the freedom and patriotism pages, and the writers who turn up come from all over: the Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos, the Italian anarchist Bruno Filippi, Shakespeare, Anna Quindlen. De Burgos has a line about an invaded nation where today’s battlefield is independence.
A few entries are there because of a keyword, not a mood. Cervantes’s remark about not thrusting his nose into other men’s porridge (Don Quixote, 1605) is about minding your own business. If you want something for a speech, sort by source grade and skip the oddities.
Most quoted on independence day:
If dreams of flying are the last hope of freedom, I will pray for wings with my last breath.
This is a Day of Affirmation, a celebration of liberty. We stand here in the name of freedom.
If the terrorists hated freedom, the Netherlands would be fucking dust.
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried …