Quotes About Independence

He who drinks a fifth on the fourth may not be able to go forth on the fifth.

Fourth of July — it was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

...may the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own Country!

A mugwump is a man in politics who never votes for anybody, but who is always voting against somebody.

Is't death to fall for Freedom's right? He's dead alone who lacks her light!

I'm not a recluse — I'm just playing hard-to-get with society.

I'm a dandelion in a harsh wind.

Our country will remain "the land of the free" only so long as it is "the home of the brave."

Just about a month from today I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.

Don't let the hours own you.

College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?

You can tell a child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he is going.

...whereas I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

My favorite thing about girl power is that over time it turns into woman power.

When you dance to your own rhythm, Life taps its toes to your beat.

The best helping hand you will ever find is at the end of your own arm.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Split your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

You have not been abandoned. You are never alone, except by your own choice.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

We born alone, we all die alone.

It is very easy to love alone.

It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.

Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more empowering or freeing than learning to like your own company.