<= Previous | July Issues Index | Next =>
Your Quotes for 4 July 2006 - Independence

The representatives at the Second Constitutional Convention agreed on a lofty statement of goals on this day in 1776, seeking "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" by declaring independence from Great Britain. Without phones or e-mail, all thirteen colonies approved the document by the ninth, they chose a calligrapher on the nineteenth, and most of them were gathered again to sign it on the second of August. On this anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I hope we all will commit anew to these values, even if we don't have to "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" to accomplish it.

We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
     - Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.
     - Samuel Adams, 1722 - 1803

It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.
     - Daniel Webster, eulogy for John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 2 August 1826

It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
     - Mahalia Jackson

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
     - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, 1880 - 1954

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
     - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1881 - 1906

Would you like to see quotes like these in your mail tomorrow morning? Our 12,000 loyal subscribers hate to miss a day, perhaps you should sign up now! No cost or obligation, just be open to the enlightenment waiting for you among our 22,500+ quotes.