Celebrating Independence Day Quotes & Sayings

The trouble with celebrating Independence Day is that we tend to look back at what made this the great nation that it is and give little thought to a future that threatens that which free men hold dearest, namely freedom. — Lyn Nofziger

Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment. — Mahatma Gandhi

We have killed more people celebrating our independence day than we lost fighting for it. — Will Rogers