Quotes About Independence

A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

The two most sacred documents known to man are the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. Better that a whole generation of men, women, and children should pass away by violent death than a word of either should be violated in this country.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.

I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.

The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.

I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.

A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again.

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.

1 have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, "A free field and no favor."

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

To be adult is to be alone (etre adulte, c'est etre seul).

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride crowded trains and buses.

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

We noticed a crasher at the bar - that shows what a real man he is - he's here to show he's not ticked for not being asked.