Independence Day

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.
Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
John Adams

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
Samuel Adams

Where liberty is, there is my country.
Benjamin Franklin

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Alexander Hamilton

Give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
Patrick Henry

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
James Madison

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
George Washington

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe. 
George Washington

There, I think King George will be able to read that. (upon signing the Declaration of Independence) 
John Hancock