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4th of July Is Almost Here! 50 Funny and Inspiring Independence Day Quotes That Capture the Holiday
Read these quotes to learn how to let freedom ring.
Friends, family and Fourth of July: everyone’s favorite summer event. And to help celebrate the land of the free and home of the brave, we have rounded up the 50 best funny and inspirational Fourth of July quotes that are guaranteed to make you feel patriotic and proud.
Inspiring Fourth of July quotes
- “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” – Gerald Stanley Lee
- “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – The Declaration of Independence, 1776
- “He who is brave is free.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.” – Barack Obama
- “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” – John F. Kennedy
- “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” – Peter Marshall
- “America is another name for opportunity.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “History is entirely created by the person who tells the story.” – Lin Manuel Miranda
- “America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- “Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.” – Moshe Dayan
- “We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid because freedom is priceless.” – Lech Walesa
- “Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick
- “ If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell
- “What was important wasn’t the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.” – Banana Yoshimoto
- “Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
- “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” – Bill Clinton
- “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
- “It’s important that we establish that we are a country that has open arms and not closed borders for people. It’s important because we let people know why America is what it is. It’s about an ideal and that ideal is freedom for everybody.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free.” – Rosa Parks
- “In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.” – Barack Obama
- “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
- “America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.” – Harry S. Truman
- “With freedom comes responsibility.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “It will be celebrated with pomp and parade, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.”– John Adams
Funny Fourth of July quotes
- “Laughter is America’s most important export.” – Walt Disney
- “Americans will put up with anything, provided it doesn’t block traffic.” – Dan Rather
- “It’s a party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus
- “It’s Fourth of July weekend, or as I call it, exploding Christmas.” – Stephen Colbert
- “America’s a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.” – Louis C. K.
- “Today is the 4th of July, when we honor the day that Uncle Sam chopped down Benedict Arnold at the Alamo. Happy hot dogs!” – Stephen Colbert
- “Just found out that every Fourth of July, the British celebrate, ‘We Dodged a Bullet Day.’” – Conan O’Brien
- “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” – Ronald Reagan
- “Happy 4th of July! As you take this day to honor America, ask yourself, “Why am I not honoring America on the other 364 days? Shame on me.” – Stephen Colbert
- “I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry.” – Hamilton The Musical
- “Happy 4th of July! Drink until you see stars… and stripes!” – Unknown
- “The United States is the only country with a known birthday.” – James G. Blaine
- “A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.” – Bill Vaughan
- “On second thought, I do like to brag…’Cause I’m mighty proud of the ragged old flag.” – Johnny Cash
- “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” – Oscar Wilde
- “You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning.” – Jon Stewart
- “If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn’t have declared their independence from it.” – Stephen Colbert
- “I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don’t have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It’s always fun.” – James Lafferty
- “If summer had one defining scent, it’d definitely be the smell of barbecue.” – Katie Lee
- “Oh my God! You look like the Fourth of July. Makes me want a hot dog real bad.” – Paulette from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde
- “Thanksgiving without turkey is like Fourth of July with no apple pie, or Friday with no two pizzas.” – Joey from Friends
- “You get to cook outside, blow stuff up, wear shorts. Easter should be taking notes!” – Jay Pritchett from Modern Family
- “History began on July 4th, 1776. Everything before that was a mistake.” – Ron Swanson from Parks & Rec
- “Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell
- “When you’re born, you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.” – George Carlin
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