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Quotes About Independence

Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.
~ Phillis Wheatley
Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.
~ Erik Erikson
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
~ Benjamin Franklin
In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.
~ Julius Nyerere
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.
~ Thomas Jefferson
It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny.
~ Simon Bolivar
You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.
~ Patrick Pearse
There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.
~ David Hume
We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves.
~ Unknown
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
~ Pericles
Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.
~ Angela Merkel
Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.
~ Maria Montessori
If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?
~ Fannie Lou Hamer
Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.
~ Al Pacino
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
~ John Steinbeck
A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies
~ Edmund Randolph
Those prepared to give their lives in freedom's cause, come over to me.
~ Unknown
My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.
~ Rei Kawakubo
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
~ Thomas Paine
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.
~ John Adams
The land free, the land free for all, land without overseers and without masters.
~ Emiliano Zapata
Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.
~ Benazir Bhutto
Where there is authority, there is no freedom.
~ Peter Kropotkin