America celebrates Independence Day

The weekend America is celebrating Independence Day. The 4th of July commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It is a time for visiting with family and friends, outdoor activities, food, and fireworks. It’s also a time to remember those who have sacrificed for our Nation.

Here’s a list of favorite July 4th quotations:

I think patriotism is like charity- it all begins at home.

Henry James

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

Ronald Reagan

The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is — that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Condoleezza Rice

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness.

Louis D. Brandeis

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Benjamin Franklin

America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.

Harry S. Truman

With freedom comes responsibility.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.

Wendell L. Wilkie

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

George Washington

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

Abraham Lincoln

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Theodore Roosevelt

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

Will Rogers

The red and white and starry blue is freedom’s shield and hope.

John Philip Sousa

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Herbert Hoover

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Daniel J. Boorstin

We're blessed with the opportunity to stand for something, for liberty and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.