Quotations for Independence Day of New Burma

Quotations for Independence Day of New Burma

Those who deny freedom to others (Myanmar Military leaders) deserve it not for themselves.  ~Abraham Lincoln

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”
– Independence Day Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”-
– Independence Day Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

(We must read this as Myanmar Democracy must be the government of the people,  by the people but not by the Military, for the people”)
 

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.  ~George Bernard Shaw

I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.  ~Author Unknown

“How can one (Myanmar people) be compelled to accept slavery of Myanmar Military?  I simply refuse to do the master’s bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD and people of Burma) who am the victor and not he, for he (Than Shwe, Saw Mg, Ne Win and SPDC) have failed in getting me (People of Burma) to do what he (the Myanmar Military) wanted done.”
– Independence Day Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

“One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next’”
– Independence Day Quotes by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

“You give me your blood and I will give you Independence!”
– Independence Day Quotes by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.  ~William Faulkner

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.  ~Thomas Paine
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.  ~Thomas Paine

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.  ~Harry Emerson Fosdick

Let freedom never perish in your hands.  ~Joseph Addison
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.  ~Louis D. Brandeis

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.  ~Albert Camus

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.  ~Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.  ~Moshe Dayan
Freedom is never free.  ~Author Unknown
“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
– Independence Day Quotes by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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