Quotes About Independence

I am perfectly well aware that May has not a will that overcomes mine, but an inner mechanism superior to my own, a whirling driving-power that is never slowed down by thoughts. She has taught me that one can dine without being hungry, talk without saying anything, laugh from sheer force of habit, drink out of human respect and live with a man in a state of complete servility while maintaining all the appearances of frantic independence.

When are a 'lady on your own,' in other words the landlords' abomination, outcast and terror all rolled into one, you take what you find, lodge where you may, and put up with newly plastered walls.

within the CIA and its independence from supervision by the regular chain of command within the clandestine services made it possible for the activities of the Operation to stray over the bounds of the Agency's authority without the knowledge of senior officials.

The secret of a successful marriage is not to be at home too much.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody ( Joseph Heller, Catch

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; it is the deserting male who often ends in disaster. (William McFee)

Freedom means choosing your burden.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

The American system of rugged individualism.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

Political freedom would mean liberation of the individuals from politics over which they have no effective control. Similarly

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

Democracy is like a hobby horse: It will carry you nowhere unless you use your own legs.

C gives the programmer what the programmer wants; few restrictions, few complaints... C++ maintains the original spirit of C, that the programmer not the language is in charge.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

As long as the acquisition of knowledge is rendered habitually repugnant, so long will there be a prevailing tendency to discontinue it when free from the coercion of parents and masters.

whoever intentionally robs himself of self-consciousness, reason, and will, extinguishes the light which God has given to man, annihilates his human freedom and independence, and degrades himself to an instrument for an alien and unknown power.

Ilse zegt: 'Maar ik dacht dat je... Dat je - hoe heet het - vrij was. Dat je -' 'Dat ben ik ook. In overdrachtelijke zin. Er is een oud...' Ik zie de Japanners opstaan en weggaan - 'Een oud Japans spreekwoord dat zegt: Vrij hoef je niet alleen te zijn als je alleen bent. Het is dan ook in die zin dat ik het begrip 'vrijheid' koester.

The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the recources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.

I left that Democrat plantation a long time ago and I ain't going back.

The wonderful thing about being isolated is that, whatever you do, you're right. And if you're not, then neither are you wrong, because there's no bigmouth around to throw it up to you.

As she wanders along the river like this, one hand on her hip and the other clutching a mark to defray her expenses, she is in well-known country.