Juneteenth 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)

    “The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)