Quotes About Independence

Men Det maa ei hviskes stille. Sandheds Ven ei blot maa ville. Vær i Et og Alt dig Selv! Det er Sejrens Kunst, min Sjel! Som Stefanen mellem Stene maa du staae, om selv alene.

A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

In the case of Roger Williams it is not easy to show that the government of Massachusetts did not have a perfectly good case against him on purely secular grounds.

It may be possible to make the political history of every colony in turn picturesque and exciting;

All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust

I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready.

Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free.

It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

Government never furthered any enterprise but the alacrity with which it got out of the way.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till the other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.