To show off your patriotic pictures this fourth of July, here are some of our favorite freedom loving quotes:
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“The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.” – Unknown
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“Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
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“My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue.” – Unknown
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“Liberty means responsibility, that’s why most men dread it” – George Shaw
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“From every mountainside, let freedom ring.” – Samuel F. Smith
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“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.” – George Patton
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“The strength of the constitution lies in the will of the people to defend it.” – Thomas Edison
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“The constitution shall never be construed to authorize congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.“ – Samuel Adams
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“A country with no border, is not a country.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
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“Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” – Calvin Coolidge
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“I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” – Wendell Wilkie
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“America means opportunity, freedom, power.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Give me liberty or give me death!” – Patrick Henry
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“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
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“It is a common observation here that our cause, is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.” – Benjamin Franklin
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“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S. Truman
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“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.” – George W. Bush
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“Republicans believe everyday is fourth of july, democrats believe everyday is April 15th.” – Ronald Reagan
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“When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.” – Andrew Johnson
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“What we need are critical lovers of America – patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.” – Hubert Humphrey
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“The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.” – Woodrow Wilson
Jamie Lynn
FFL Contributor
Living in the heart of Aggieland. Sassy republican, friends fanatic, and makeup obsessed. I'm enjoying my life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness while I drink a sweet tea.
