Quotes About Independence

No one will care more about your life than you do and no one is better qualified to chart its course than you are. You are the expert.

Don't ask for help. Don't need anyone else, because they won't be there for you.

Women, on the other hand, needed men like a fish needed a chariot.

We have lived as slaves most of our lives. We do not know how to make choices

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

It's much better to love on your own than not love as a group.

Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin' mole or a befuddled badger!

Lucas wasn't paying for a movie; he was buying his own creative freedom.

Never worry what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you.

The year 1783 dawned full of promise. On February 3, the government of Great Britain formally acknowledged the independence of what were once its American colonies as the United States of America.

break with the Crown, even though he seemed to consider himself middle of the road on the issue. His stances and politicking gradually got the better of him and again landed him in hot water with the local authorities more

The sons of America," he went on, "have given a new proof how impossible it is to conquer freemen fighting in defense of all that is dear to them.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee (1834).

In an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson called slavery "a cruel war against human nature itself."1 James Madison argued that "it would be wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men."2 Benjamin Franklin, a former slaveholder, described slavery as "an atrocious debasement of human nature."3 But in the early days of the republic, slavery remained legal, the law of the land.

We're the chaff," Styke said. "Lindet doesn't give a damn about our lives and we don't give a damn about her orders. If you want to stay behind and protect Planth, you bet the medals on your daddy's jacket the Mad Lancers will stay with you." He reached out, clasping Taniel's hand.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

Luke Cage: "It's my house! I paid for it with my own money!" Iron Fist: "My money." Luke Cage: "His money, but it's still my house!

We congratulate ourselves on having abandoned our vices, when it is they who have abandoned us.

The people she admired in his books were people who walked away from the lives that other people expected them to live—Ellen in his first novel, the bohemian painters in his second.

I don't want to live in the strongest country in the world, I want to live in the freest.

A good parent always gives their children roots and wings. Roots to settle down, and wings to bravely go where you need to go.

On Mars, Venus, Mercury, and the moons of Jupiter, human beings were more free—free to found their own petty nations and ruin their own lives their own way. But

Fitz treated Jerry like an adult, Jerry always got his work done, and Fitz never had to worry about Jerry being at his desk, because Jerry didn't need a babysitter.

It's just me and my 6-month-old puppy. I am not dating anyone.