{"id":60659,"date":"2011-07-01T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=60659"},"modified":"2011-07-01T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T17:43:54","slug":"july-4th-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/07\/july-4th-quotes.html","title":{"rendered":"July 4th Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/07\/225px-Fourth_of_July_fireworks_behind_the_Washington_Monument_1986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60663\" title=\"4th of July\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/07\/225px-Fourth_of_July_fireworks_behind_the_Washington_Monument_1986-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on the 4th of July and inspiration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Video\/Inspiration-Videos\/Great-Americans-Welcome-To-Great-Americans-Short.aspx\">Great Americans<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Video\/Inspiration-Videos\/Great-Americans-Welcome-Home-Eric-Edmundson-Short.aspx\">Welcome Home Eric Edmudson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.&#8221; &#8220;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.&#8221; &#8220;This nation will remain the land of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,42,5,43],"tags":[338,19],"class_list":["post-60659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4th-of-july","category-faith","category-inspiration","category-quotes-2","tag-4th-of-july","tag-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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