40 Quotes That Will Remind You of What the Fourth of July Is All About

This year, celebrate the Fourth of July with a delicious BBQ spread and all the red, white, and blue décor you can handle. Spend your holiday filled to the brim with American pride by enjoying our country's finest — picnic-worthy appetizers, juicy burgers, and festive desserts — until the fireworks light up the night sky. And since actions speak louder than words, use one of these quotes as an Instagram caption to really let freedom ring. Whether you’re planning on spending your day off relaxing with family or floating in the pool with a summer drink in hand, you'll love these 4th of July quotes.

And celebrations aside, Independence Day is an important time to reflect on our country’s unique history with these inspiring sentiments from presidents, politicians, and revolutionary thinkers alike. Touching on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, these quotes perfectly highlight why we are so lucky to live in "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave."

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it.

The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is — that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

I don't believe in the constitution because I'm American. I'm American because I believe in the constitution.

That is the truly beautiful and encouraging aspect of freedom; no one struggles for it just for himself.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

We will stand by the right, we will stand by the true, we will live, we will die for the red, white, and blue.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness.

Independence now and forever!

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Freedom lies in being bold.

America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination.

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

With freedom comes responsibility.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

Give me liberty or give me death!

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation.

America means opportunity, freedom, power.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

America, to me, is freedom.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

Dreams are the foundation of America.