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Quotes About Independence

Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
~ Barbara Sher
A reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of a building is widely covered. The events that started the American Revolution were the meetings in homes, pubs, on street corners.
~ Harvey Milk
Just the way in Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, and Frankfurt, possibly and Berlin, certainly, all had important roles, because of independence. Because they were depending on themselves.
~ Jane Jacobs
Brokenness is the STRIPPING OF SELF-RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENCE FROM GOD...but he is cast in total dependence upon the grace of God working in and through him.
~ Nancy Leigh DeMoss
In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic.
~ Joseph Stalin
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
~ Saadi
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
~ George Washington
It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.
~ Jim Rohn
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
~ Walter Gilbert
Boston is large enough to learn your independence and small enough to make your own.
~ Henry Winkler
Cycling also offers a sense of independence, of being able to get up and go wherever and whenever you want. That's invaluable.
~ Adrian Bell
No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence.
~ Maria Montessori
The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
~ Sydney J. Harris
Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn
~ H. L. Mencken
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.
~ James Madison
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
~ Samuel Johnson
Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world.
~ David Cameron
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
~ Voltaire
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them.
~ Albert Einstein
The genius must have his freedom and his independence.
~ Ayn Rand
The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well as a new way to relate to the world
~ Elinor Carucci
Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created.
~ Helene Deutsch
The written history of the world is largely a history of warfare, because the states within which we live came into existence largely through conquest, civil strife, or struggles for independence.
~ John Keegan