Gerald R. Ford Quotes

American history is seen to be the development of the first mass democracy on earth.

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

If you seek our Founding Fathers monument, just look around you.

I like American history.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

The Founding Fathers are not just some people that happened to get mad a long time ago and want their freedom. They were special people in addition to what their natural yearnings were.

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.

… in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress

American history is … best understood as a millenarian movement.

Nothing moves me more than the history of the United States.

The Fourth of July observes one of the most seismic shifts in human history.

Coming out of 'Hamilton,' my patriotic spirit and love for my country is renewed. I think that's the case for a lot of people. It instills a newly revitalized spirit in terms of learning about the formation of our country.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

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.

Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.

May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln faced enormous difficulties, but they both gave their lives to make sure America survived.

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.

Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.

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

America started out as an invention society.

Founding Fathers

One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for Independence.