Independence Day has become a holiday of family picnics, cookouts and fireworks displays across the United States. Let us not forget the true reason we should all be celebrating. Americans have unparalleled freedoms thanks to the courage and wisdom of our Founding Fathers. These freedoms should not be taken lightly, as they have come at the cost of many lives and much heartache. Enjoy this July 4th with your family and friends, but as the colorful bombs are bursting in the air remember the real reason we set aside this day to celebrate our freedoms!

Here's 11 Patriotic Quotes to help inspire some thoughts about freedom:

"May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!" -Daniel Webster

"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me." -Lee Greenwood

"I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot." -Gary Hart

"I love my freedom. I love my America." -Jessi Lane Adams

"It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism." -J. Horace McFarland

"My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!" -Thomas Jefferson

"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." -James Bryce

"I believe in America because we have great dreams - and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true." -Wendell L. Wilkie

"May I never wake up from the American dream." -Carrie Latet

"A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works." -Bill Vaughan

"Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country." -Calvin Coolidge

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