Bayshore friends,
Today as we are thinking about the 4th of July holiday, we are drawn to some incredible leaders in history and thoughts they had about freedom. As you enjoy the holiday full of friendly gatherings and bar-b-ques, picnics, fireworks, etc remember the price that has been paid for our freedom and the honor we have as Americans for being able to call this home-the land of the free and the brave. Please feel free to post your own thoughts or quote in the comments. Visit www.amillionthanks.org to tell a service man or woman how much you appreciate their contribution to our freedom.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction” — Ronald Reagan
Freedom is first of all a responsibility before the God from whom we come. — Alan Keyes
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. — Thomas Paine
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. — Author Unknown
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.– Jeffrey Borenstein
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin,
Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches. — Will Rogers
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. — Ronald Reagan
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. — Nelson Mandela
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
John F. Kennedy
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. — Theodore Roosevelt