{"id":2922,"date":"2014-07-03T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2014-07-03T20:49:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T03:49:17","slug":"freedom-quotes-literature-fourth-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/freedom-quotes-literature-fourth-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Quotes from Literature for the Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Freedom.jpg\" alt=\"Freedom Quotes\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Freedom.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Freedom-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you all have a fun and safe Fourth of July!! \u00a0To commemorate the day, here are five quotes about freedom.<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star.<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Villette\">Villette<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Charlotte%20Bronte\">Charlotte Bronte<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #000000;\">She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom!<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Scarlet%20Letter\">The Scarlet Letter<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Nathaniel%20Hawthorne\">Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Of%20Human%20Bondage\">Of Human Bondage<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=W.%20Somerset%20Maugham\">W. Somerset Maugham<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Liberty is worth paying for.&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0~\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=20,000%20Leagues%20Under%20the%20Sea\">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Jules%20Verne\">Jules Verne<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>&#8220;I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0<i><a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Jane%20Eyre\">Jane Eyre<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #006633;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_author_resp.php?AName=Charlotte%20Bronte\">Charlotte Bronte<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_topic_resp.php?QuoteType=Freedom\"><strong>See Entire Collection of Freedom Quotes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you all have a fun and safe Fourth of July!! \u00a0To commemorate the day, here are five quotes about freedom. 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