Better to starve than be a fat slave, said Aesop -- But what does he know about 4th of July?

Happy Fourth, Ya'll
gathered Quotes by Pat Darnell and the iHerd

Here enjoy some quotes to get you thinking about what Fourth really means. Feel free to reflect on a nugget of wisdom or two, share it as if it’s your own, then drown it in Patron, Amstel Light and smoke-infused beef until you forget you ever read it. (Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:30PM - By Chris Weiss)

“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.”
Woodrow T. Wilson

* Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
* Abraham Lincoln: “Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
* Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirits of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed–else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.”
* Albert Camus: “Freedom is nothing but the chance to be better.”
* Robert J. McCracken: “We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.”
* Thomas Paine: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
* James G. Blaine: “ The United States is the only country with a known birthday.”
* Aesop: “Better to starve than be a fat slave.”
* Jimmy Carter: “The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”
* Paul Sweeney: “How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.” [SOURCE]

“When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.”
~ Andrew Johnson

“Patriotism is like charity — it begins at home. ”
~ James Henry

"Freedom's just another word for nothin left to lose, And nothin aint worth nothin but it's free, Feelin good was easy, lord, when Bobby sang the blues ..." ~ Kris Kristofferson


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