Quotes About Independence

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.

Commands are no constraints.

God does not need man nor his won works.

Frei ist, wer der Vernunft gehorcht.

Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.

Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.

Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

As to my blindness, I would rather have mine, if it be necessary, than either theirs, More or yours.

I'm breathing with a light and free feeling. It's a feeling of release and independence as I begin my European journey. Backpacking somehow sets me apart from everyone. Even in this airport. True, people here are traveling, but they each have things to do, deadlines to meet, itineraries to follow, specific things to see. Not me, I'm different. I have everywhere to go and anything to see. My destination is culture and knowledge and experience. in 'Waking up to Winter

Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

Having escaped restraint, they were, like some people we know of, afraid of their freedom, did not know what to do with it, and seemed glad to get back into the old familiar bondage.

Aside from mere money profit one would rather herd wolves than sheep.

In each person, there is a point of absolute nonconnection with everything else and with everyone. This is fascinating and frightening. It means that we cannot continue to seek outside ourselves for the things we need from within.

The vote, I thought, means nothing to women. We should be armed. Edna O'Brien

I dream of an America where a chicken can cross the road without having its motives questioned.

When I told my father I wasn't going to be a minister of any kind, he said that I should never take cover in life, that I should stand out in the wind. Feel it. I'm trying to do that.

Having some guy shine his flashlight up my asshole isn't gonna improve my addition," he said.

Whether you're an extra or the hero, this story is about to end. When it's done, whatever you want to be will be up to you and only you. It will happen away from the eyes of any audience and from the hand of any writer. You will be your own man.

because she wasn't some fucking fictional character destined to do whatever some goddamn hack wanted her to do.

I don't think it matters what age you are when you figure it out," Brous said. "I think the important thing is to figure it out before someone else tells you what you want to be, and they get it wrong.

To the women who are done with other people's shit

But everyone knows you need fireworks to make independence official.

Because this is what I learned about myself that first day: My body is my body. I don't want anyone else in it. I don't want someone else controlling it, or trying to. It's my own little space in the world and the only space I have. And to have someone else in it, doing anything to it, sends me into a panic.