Quotes About Independence

Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!

Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow.

If I want to transform patriotism then I do not proceed in the slightest against the fine fact of the nation but against the mixing up of the nation and the state.

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government.

I die content, I die for the liberty of my country.

If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, not democracy.

We live in a free country. While patriotism is important, liberty of thought and liberty of expression are even more important.

Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.

We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end.

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

Freedom is dearer than bread or joy.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Freedom is like taking a bath: You got to keep doing it every day.

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.

...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.