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:
"I don't think someone should be expelled because of freedom of speech."
Freedom of speech wasn’t won by being nice, it has been won by struggle with religion.
As much as he’s done for freedom of speech or whatever, he really doesn’t like what I’m doing.
This award is not just for me, but also for others who continue to stand up for press freedom.
Isn't choice already an expression of freedom, even if only a basic one?
"Freedom is not given; it is realized through historical struggle."
"Freedom is not isolation but participation in a community of mutual respect."
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
It is rare that individuals value their freedom more than the comfort that comes with servility.