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Fourth of July Quotes

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By Victoria Mechler
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A Quote from William Pitt

“You cannot conquer America."

–William Pitt, speech, House of Lords, November 18, 1777



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A Quote from Patrick Henry

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

–Patrick Henry, speech, Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775

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A Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

“America means opportunity, freedom, power.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson, Public and Private Education, 1864

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A 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

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An Anonymous Quote

“Let every man do his duty, and be true to his country.”

–Anonymous, rallying cry, Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773

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A 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

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A 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

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A Quote from Benjamin Franklin

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”

–Benjamin Franklin, attributed, 1789

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A Quote from Daniel Webster

“Independence now and forever!”

–Daniel Webster, eulogy, August 2, 1826

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A Quote from Abraham Lincoln

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

–Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

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