Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:
“Hail, Columbia! happy land!
Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedoms cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedoms 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 (17701842)
“I sang as one
Who on a tilting deck sings
To keep mens courage up, though the wake hangs
That shall cut off their sun.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (19041972)
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