Independence Day

Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:

    “Hail, Columbia! happy land!
    Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
    Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
    Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
    And when the storm of war was gone,
    Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
    Let independence be our boast,
    Ever mindful what it cost;”
    —Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842)

    “But each day brings its petty dust
    Our soon-choked souls to fill,
    And we forget because we must,
    And not because we will.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)