Quotes About Independence

Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.

Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.

The most fundamental attack on freedom is the attack on critical thinking skills.

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

If you want to be free, be free, because there's a million things to be.

Free thought, free speech and a free press.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.

To become pure is not difficult. Make the choices that will lead you to freedom and liberation - not enslavement to the wills, actions and desires of others.

To freemen, threats are impotent.

I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.

Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.

Freedom in education has many aspects. There is first of all freedom to learn or not to learn. Then there is freedom as to what to learn. And in later education there is freedom of opinion.

We can't have a freedom struggle without free choice.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.

I really feel like indie films are where I learn to be a better actor, especially because they always give you a bit more freedom to collaborate.

The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.

if the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it.

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature.

Resolve and thou art free.

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.