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:
The idea of human rights and freedoms must be an integral part of any meaningful world order.
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.
I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.
The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom.