Juneteenth Independence Day

Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:

    I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gay capital [Paris].
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    How selfhood begins with a walking away,
    And love is proved in the letting go.
    —C. Day Lewis (20th century)