Logo
Quote by Curtis Billings
A statistician made a few calculations and discovered that since t

A statistician made a few calculations and discovered that since the birth of our nation more lives had been lost in celebrating independence than in winning it. – Curtis Billings

Other quotes by Curtis Billings
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Independence Day
category

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. – Hubert H. Humphrey

Category:
Independence Day

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

Category:
Independence Day

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Category:
Independence Day

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. – Robert J. McCracken

Category:
Independence Day

Random Quotes

In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part. – Michael Bruce

Category:
Christianity

Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence. – John Michael Hayes

Category:
Intelligence

Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. – Leo Buscaglia

Category:
Live Now

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation. – Brooks Atkinson

Category:
Authors & Writing