No matter how you plan on celebrating the festive Fourth of July summer holiday, these heart-warming words and famous American patriotic quotes will help leave you feeling more nationalistic than ever.
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.” — William J. Clinton
“There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.” — Adrian Cronauer
“Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That’s the greatness of this country.” — Rafael Cruz
“Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.” — Paul Engle
“What’s right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do something about them.” — Henry Ford
“America is full of success stories featuring victories by the underdog.” — Mike Gallagher
“Laughter is America’s most important export.” — Walt Disney
“I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.” — John Lewis
“My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” — Abraham Lincoln
“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” — Peter Marshall
“I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.” — Michael Moore
“I’d like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free.” — Rosa Parks
“No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.” — Mac Thornberry
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry S. Truman
“What was important wasn’t the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.” — Banana Yoshimoto
“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” — Herbert Hoover
“There is not a Liberal America and a Conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America – there’s the United States of America.” — Barack Obama
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” — President John F. Kennedy
American Patriotic Quotes To Help Inspire American Spirit
What did you think of our list of famous American patriotic quotes? Did they help inspire your American Spirit? Did we forget any of your favorite quotes about America? If so, please let us know in the comments.
Frank Wilson is a retired teacher with over 30 years of combined experience in the education, small business technology, and real estate business. He now blogs as a hobby and spends most days tinkering with old computers. Wilson is passionate about tech, enjoys fishing, and loves drinking beer.
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