Quotes About Independence

I wish I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. If I'm going to die, I still want to be me.

Hey, you found some katniss. Good work, CC.

You can't take my sass. You can't take my talking. You can kiss my ass And then keep on walking. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.

Certos passos você tem de dar sozinho.

Maybe he was not cut out to be a lover. Maybe he was more of a loner at heart. Coriolanus Snow, more loner than lover.

I just keep wishing, I could think of a way, to show to them that they don't own me. That if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make sense? Yeah. I just can't afford to think that way.

Quieren conocerte Katniss! -Es que no quiero quue me conozcan! Ya mme han quitado el futuro! No pueden llevarse tambien lo que me importaba en el pasado!

The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. . . ." — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1689

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, 1762

To show them that I'm more than just a piece in their Games?" I say.

If we declare our freedom the Capitol collapses.

My heart starts to pound, I can feel my face burning. Without thinking, I pull an arrow from my quiver and send it straight at the Gamemakers' table. I hear shouts of alarm as people stumble back. The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. Everyone stares at me in disbelief. "Thank you for your consideration," I say. Then I give a slight bow and walk straight towards the exit without being dismissed.

But, even if there aren't, there's no Capital. And that's the main thing for me, isn't it? Not this district or that. Not student or Peacekeeper. It's living in a place where they can't control my life.

Katniss, the girl on fire, has left behind her flickering flames and bejeweled gowns and soft candlelight frocks. She is as deadly as fire itself.

Pueden engordarme, pueden arreglarme de pies a cabeza, vestirme y ponerme de nuevo guapa; pueden diseñar nuevas armas de ensueño que cobren vida en mis manos, pero nunca jamás me volverán a lavar el cerebro para que necesite usarlas. Ya no siento lealtad hacia esos monstruos llamados seres humanos, a pesar de ser uno de ellos.

One of the few freedoms we have in District 12 is the right to marry who we want or not marry at all. And now even that has been taken away from me. I

the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.

Hey, Catnip," says Gale. My real name is Katniss, but when I first told him, I had barely whispered it. So he thought I'd said Catnip. Then when this crazy lynx started following me around the woods looking for handouts, it became his official nickname for me. I finally had to kill the lynx because he scared off game. I almost regretted it because he wasn't bad company. But I got a decent price for his pelt.

But at the moment, I excuse myself from thinking about even those I love most. I think only of me. And what lies ahead.

Es que no quiero que me conozcan! ¡Ya me están quitando el futuro! ¡No pueden llevarse también lo que me importaba en el pasado!

He understands I don't want anyone with me today. Not even him. Some walks you have to take alone.

I think of Gale, who is only really alive in the woods, with its fresh air and sunlight and clean, flowing water. I don't know how he stands it. Well … yes, I do. He stands it because it's the way

while Peeta was the very model of what a young man should be, I wasn't old enough to have any boyfriend at all.

Where I told you to run, so we'd both be free.