A 4th of July Quote from William Pitt
“You cannot conquer America."
–William Pitt, speech, House of Lords, November 18, 1777
A 4th of July Quote from Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty or give me death!”
–Patrick Henry, speech, Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
A 4th of July Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson
“America means opportunity, freedom, power.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson, Public and Private Education, 1864
A 4th of July Quote from Thomas Wolfe
“America…it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.”
–Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River, 1935
An Anonymous Quote
“Let every man do his duty, and be true to his country.”
–Anonymous, rallying cry, Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773
A 4th of July Quote from John F. Kennedy
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
–John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, January 20, 1961
A 4th of July Quote from Phillis Wheatley
“In every human breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom; it is impatient of oppression and pants for deliverance.”
–Phillis Wheatley, in The Boston Post-Boy, 1774
A 4th of July Quote from Benjamin Franklin
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
–Benjamin Franklin, attributed, 1789
A 4th of July Quote from Daniel Webster
“Independence now and forever!”
–Daniel Webster, eulogy, August 2, 1826
