Quotes About Independence

If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college.

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.

It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let go and become their own selves.

I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.

Just remember that what you earn, grow, and work hard to preserve is your money - it is your money - not the government's.

Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.

I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties.

I don't buy the argument that there can't be a successful independent candidacy for the presidency of the United States. People who say, 'It can't happen,' are many of the same people who said we'd never elect an African American.

If elected, I would not be the mere president of a party - I would endeavor to act independent of party domination and should feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Republicans insist that if you're going to run for political office, you have to be loyal to President Trump. This is wrong. This is not the America I want to live in. This is not the America I want my children to live in.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.

A free press needs to be a respected press.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press.

I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

I don't do much press. I don't like to talk about my music too much before I do it.

I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'

I've never been pressed to be friends with everyone or be popular, even in school - I've always done my own thing.

I don't pressure anyone to do anything for me.