The United States is the only country with a known birthday. ~James G. Blaine

What better day to lay the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower than the day our country declared its independence.

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

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.

[A safe Independence Day] would be a good psychological boost, but we need some fundamental news as well,

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.