1.
"Our greatest happiness does not depend on
the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result
of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just
pursuits."
2.
“This, then, is the state of the Union: Free and
restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall
always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.”- Lyndon
B. Johnson
3.
“As mankind become more liberal, they will be
more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of
the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I
hope ever to see America amongst the foremost nations in examples of justice
and liberality.”- George Washington
4.
"Our greatest happiness does not depend on
the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result
of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just
pursuits."
5.
“America is much more than a geographical fact.
It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in
principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human
equality.”
6.
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the
breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”
7.
"Those who won our independence believed
liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of
liberty."
8.
“You have to love a nation that celebrates its
independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who
file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family
picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies
die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”
9.
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One
Nation evermore!” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
10.
“A man's country is not a certain area of land,
of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is
loyalty to that principle.” ~ George William Curtis
