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)
“How can anyone become a thinker unless he spends at least a third of every day away from passions, people, and books?”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)