Independence Day

Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:

“To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“You know I am given to antiquarian and genealogical pursuits. An old family letter is a delight to my eyes. I can prowl in old trunks of letters by the day with undiminished zest.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)