Quotes About Independence
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.
~ Thomas Jefferson
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Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.
~ Giulio Douhet
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The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one's self.
~ Maria Montessori
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Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself.
~ Alfie Kohn
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The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.
~ Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
~ John D. Rockefeller
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I admire [Alex] Salmond in many ways but my problem with him has always been this independence thing within the EU, which is rubbish.
~ Nigel Farage
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It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along.
~ Germaine Greer
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The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence
~ Swami Vivekananda
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Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence.
~ Nathan Hale
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Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.
~ Sherry Argov
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Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone.
~ Boris Yeltsin
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Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.
~ Mark Twain
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What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may choose not to do it, with anyone, ever.
~ Ana Castillo
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All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson.
~ Andy Borowitz
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Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.
~ Winston Churchill
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There are worse places to be than on your own.
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through this activity he may arrive at independence.
~ Maria Montessori
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I have served one idea, marched under one banner - war against all imposed authority - against every kind of deprivation of freedom, in the name of the absolute independence of the individual.
~ Alexander Herzen
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The 1916 uprising was kind of the most important rebellion in Ireland's fight for independence that had been going on for 700 years. So it's a very important moment in history for us.
~ Saoirse Ronan
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The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity
~ John Adams
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I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.
~ Bryce Courtenay
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Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.
~ Chris Rock
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