23 Inspirational Quotes About Freedom and Independence
Read these short sayings when you want to reflect on our country.
Let freedom ring, y’all! It’s that time of year where we celebrate summer and America's Declaration of Independence—and these quotes about freedom as well as our 4th of July Instagram captions for all your sparkler and fireworks photos will get you in the mood to celebrate. But take a moment to remember what it's all about! George Washington defined freedom best when he said, “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” And we can’t think of a better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with an old-fashioned backyard soirée! The holiday is one of our absolute favorites because there are so many 4th of July activities (and even virtual 4th of July party ideas!) you can do with your friends and family (at a responsible and safe social distance) like cookouts featuring all your favorite 4th of July recipes, 4th of July cakes, and the best grilling recipes.
So turn up these patriotic songs as you commemorate this weekend. And don't miss these patriotic quotes and Bible verses about freedom to remind you just how blessed you are to live in country that is the home of the free because of the brave!
George Washington
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.”
Herbert Hoover
“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
Albert Einstein
“For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom.”
Nelson Mandela
“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.”
Epictetus
“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else."
Robert Frost
“Freedom lies in being bold.”
Maya Angelou
“Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”
William Faulkner
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
Aung San Suu Kyi
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt, that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."
Buddha
“No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
“What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and own no superior?”
Alice Walker
“No person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
Amelia Earhart
“As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly."
attributed to John Lennon
“Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.”
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