7. "Pattimura-Pattimura tua boleh dihancurkan tetapi kelak Pattimura-Pattimura muda akan bangkit. - Kapitan Pattimura

8. “Seribu orang tua bisa bermimpi, satu orang pemuda bisa mengubah dunia.”– Bung Karno

9. “Kemerdekaan hanyalah didapat dan dimiliki oleh bangsa yang jiwanya berkobar-kobar dengan tekad ‘Merdeka, merdeka atau mati’!” – Bung Karno

10. “Jangan sekali-sekali meninggalkan sejarah.” – Bung Karno

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Berikut ini quotes tentang kemerdekaan dari para Founding Fathers, yang dikutip dari Ammo

1. “But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever.” - John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1775.

2. “It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case others.” - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush, 1803.

3. “The people...are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, 1787.

4. “The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.” - Edmund Burke, Speech at Country Meeting of Buckinghamshire, 1784.

5. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Colonel William S. Smith, November 13, 1787.

6. “’Tis a Common Observation here that our Cause is the Cause of all Mankind; and that we are fighting for their Liberty in defending our own.” - Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Samuel Cooper, 1777.

7. “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin.

8. “Timid men...prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty.” - Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, April 24, 1796.

9. “Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to liberty, and few nations, if any, have found it.” - John Adams to Richard Rush, May 14, 1821.

10. “We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.” - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790.

(Tribunnews.com/Yunita Rahmayanti)

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