Quotes About Independence

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.

As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude.

For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat., Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit.]

A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode. [Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]

If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.

Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.

Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.

Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State.

If I had my life to live over I would die fighting rather than be a slave again. I want no man's yoke on my shoulders no more.

Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.

As a dimension of man, rebellion actually defines him.

Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery upon men Determin'd to be free.

I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.

There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse.

The man can only ride you when your back is bent.

Men are intrigued by anything they do not completly control.

Are you strong enough to be my man?

...nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

Pin thy faith to no man's sleeve. Hast thou not two eyes of thy own?

A man--be the heavens ever praised!--is sufficient for himself.