John Adams, upon signing the Declaration of Independence, said that every July 4th from that moment forward should be commemorated "with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other."
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism. ~Erma Bombeck
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. ~Louis D. Brandeis
It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism. ~J. Horace McFarland
The United States is the only country with a known birthday. ~James G. Blaine
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ~William Faulkner
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. ~Paul Sweeney
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution. ~John F. Kennedy
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