James Monroe Quotes

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then.

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

After centuries the time has come when India has gained independence from foreign rule and it's the time when we all [the Independent Princely States) should unite for our motherland""

Union or death!

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

The Union - It is dear to us, but liberty is dearer.

Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.

Creating a nation requires the will of the people!

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten.

America is the friend of all the liberties of the world. She is the guardian only of her own.

Liberty Dearer Than Union

Liberty And Union

Know that as I could not submit to stoop before the sovereigns of Europe, so I came to hazard all the freedom of America, and desirous of passing the rest of my life in a country free and before settling as a citizen, to fight for liberty.

Was, then, the American Revolution effected, was the American Confederacy formed, was the precious blood of thousands spilt, and the hard-earned substance of millions lavished, not that the people of America should enjoy peace, liberty, and safety, but that the government of the individual States, that particular municipal establishments, might enjoy a certain extent of power, and be arrayed with certain dignities and attributes of sovereignty?

If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.

America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.

We can only solve our biggest problems if we come together and embrace the freedoms that our Founding Fathers established right here in Philadelphia, which permitted our ancestors to create the great American exceptionalism that all of us now enjoy.

America has been the country of my fond election from the age of thirteen, when I first saw it. I had the honour to hoist with my own hands the flag of freedom, the first time it was displayed, on the Delaware; and I have attended it with veneration ever since on the ocean.

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

Since the struggle for our nation's independence, America has been a union of purpose: a union born from the belief that although each individual is the pilot of their own destiny, when we come together, we change the world. We are stronger as a woven rope than as unbound threads.

When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.

The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.

New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty.