The fourth of July is once again reminding all of us of the independence our forefathers worked hard for back in the days when our country was liberated from Great Britain.  There will be feast, celebrations, food, parties, fireworks and many more.  This is a yearly celebration and remembrance of our freedom and of course a reason to Party for the Red White and Boom 2010!

A lot of people will be preparing speeches as well.  With this, they are looking for the most popular, most heartwarming and touching 4th of July Quotes (Independence Day Quotes).  Here is our selection of great quotes from great icons.

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
~ The Gettysburg Address

“Equal and exact justice to all men…freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected,these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us.”

“This is essentially a people’s contest whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men – to lift artificial weights from all shoulders – to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all – to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.”
~ Message to the Congress, 4 July 1861

- Abraham Lincoln

“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.”

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

- Benjamin Franklin