Independence Day

Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:

    “We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.”
    —Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)

    “The day in his hotness,
    The strife with the palm;
    The night in her silence,
    The stars in their calm . . .”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)