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Quotes About Independence

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.
~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
McCabe's Law Nobody has to do anything.
~ Charles McCabe
A major stream of human accomplishment is fostered by a culture that encourages the belief that individuals can act efficaciously as individuals, and enables them to do so.
~ Charles Murray
The cage is empty; the mind has flown.
~ Charles Nicholl
This is a great country, in no small part because it is the best country ever devised in which to be a public crank. Never has a nation so dedicated itself to the proposition that not only should people hold nutty ideas, but they should cultivate them, treasure them, shine them up, and put them right up there on the mantelpiece. This is still the best country ever in which to peddle complete public lunacy. In fact, it's the only country to enshrine that right in its founding documents.
~ Charles P. Pierce
Freedom is a system based on courage.
~ Charles Peguy
Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.
~ Charles Portis
Yes, but that was the way she wanted to do it. And furthermore she didn't want him going out there with her now. Three exclamation marks appeared over Norwood's head. No, her mind was made up.
~ Charles Portis
If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.
~ Charles Portis
We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.
~ Charles Portis
Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.
~ Charles Portis
No modern idea has affected history more than the passion of nationalism.
~ Charles R. Poinsatte
I will walk by myself and cure myself in the sunshine and the wind.
~ Charles Reznikoff
Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
~ Charles Schumer
When you play chess alone it's always your move.
~ Charles Simic
Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.
~ Charles Sumner
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group…then to hell with them.
~ Charles T. Munger
Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean (merely average performance).
~ Charles T. Munger
The pain of having once been young, with muscles, still able to work. To have lived an entire life of productivity, of self-sufficiency, having been a net giver, never a taker, never relying on others.
~ Charles Yu
The only free man," he would say, "is one who doesn't work for anyone else.
~ Charles Yu
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
~ Charlie Chaplin
I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have.
~ Charlie Chaplin
life could be wonder full if people would leave you alone...
~ Charlie Chaplin
My manager came up with the idea of our own independent label. We had a recording studio that I had seriously upgraded and was capable of handling any kind of project we wanted to attempt. We had a distribution network. We could hire independent promotion people if we felt the need. Most importantly, we could record anything we danged well pleased, with no interference from outside interests. So, why not? Enter Blue Hat Records.
~ Charlie Daniels