Quotes About Independence

Can I freely permit this staff member or my son or my daughter to become a separate person with ideas, purposes, and values which may not be identical with my own?

Each man must resolve within himself issues for which his society previously took full responsibility.

group of us felt that ideas were being fed to us, whereas we wished primarily to explore our own questions and doubts, and find out where they led.

I wanted to find a field in which I could be sure my freedom of thought would not be limited

The marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off."

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

The essence and value of the law lies in its stability and durability (...), in its "relative eternity." Only then does the legislator's self-limitation and the independence of the law-bound judge find an anchor. The experiences of the French Revolution showed how an unleashed pouvoir législatif could generate a legislative orgy.

The price of liberty is labor as well as vigilance.

Lorraine, a divorcée, gave Jackie some advice: "Should your husband feel compelled at some point to cheat on you, either cheat back or buy yourself a diamond tiara and send him the bill.

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

...self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

Once she'd realized she'd never meet her mother's expectations, it didn't seem real important to meet anyone else's.

Once a mind has been set free, it would rather be destroyed than return to captivity.

But the autonomy or self-government of the community cannot exist without the autonomy of the factory, the school, and the city, of every form of social life.

You don't get to new places by following established tracks.

The reason behind the need to dominate others derives from a terror of being dominated by them.

None of the pieces that time has lost (singularity, direction, independence, the present, continuity) puts into question the fact that the world is a network of events. On the one hand, there was time, with its many determinations; on the other, the simple fact that nothing is : things happen.

I chose as my supervisor a professor who allowed me to continue to study what I wanted.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Hiçbir ?ey temsilinin d???nda vuku bulmaz," diye itiraz etti iki delikanl? ile sözünü esirgemeyen Yahudi bir k?z. "Herkes istedi?i temsili seçme hakk?na sahiptir.

Nearly half of foster children in the U.S. become homeless when they turn eighteen

I like to travel by myself.

You make your own party.