This Fourth of July, while you enjoy fireworks and barbecue, don’t forget the

reason you’re celebrating. As you watch the sky light up with red, white and
blue, don’t forget to be grateful and proud to be American—to be free. Remind
yourself of the meaning behind Independence Day with these 22 quotes about
freedom:

1. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I

am a free human being with an independent
will.” —Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre

2. “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there

is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set
upon the freedom of my mind.” —Virginia
Woolf from A Room of One’s Own

3. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not

include the freedom to make mistakes.” —
Mahatma Gandhi