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Quotes About Independence

To be oneself is being neither under bond nor borrowed nor sold nor hired. To be, means to be spiritually free.
~ Theo van Doesburg
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
~ Dick Cheney
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
~ Anita Brookner
Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.
~ Russell Means
Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it.
~ Unknown
Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.
~ Irving Layton
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
~ Margaret Thatcher
We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.
~ LeVar Burton
Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
~ Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery - the epitome of breaking into new worlds.
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive
~ G. Edward Griffin
America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.
~ John Quincy Adams
I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.
~ Ai Weiwei
Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?
~ James Otis
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
~ Samuel Adams
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
~ Judy Blume
I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom.
~ Agnes Varda
A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
~ Francis Picabia
One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.
~ George W. Bush
As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile.
~ Karel Appel
I tasted freedom and I really liked it.
~ Phil Lynott
Intellectual freedom depends upon material things.
~ Virginia Woolf
Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.
~ Karch Kiraly