Quotes About Independence

He who stands in need of nothing cannot be bound by anything.

And this is a free country. I'll say what I please to whomever I like.

As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

If a caddy can help you, you don't know how to play golf. —DAN JENKINS

Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.

You do your own thing and you see if you survive.

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.

I'm a big girl, Finn.

know you think I'm taking the piss but I am the piss and I've not been taken anywhere. I go where I want. I am the freedom piss in the toilet of oblivion flushing myself away into the sewer pipe of broken dreams.

This became our creed, almost a religious faith. Nobody knows and we would have to figure everything out ourselves

It was July 4, 1836. The first white women had crossed the Rockies on Independence Day.

It was an epochal moment for western migration, and few Americans who read about the women summiting South Pass failed to grasp the symbolism of their timing. It was July 4, 1836. The first white women had crossed the Rockies on Independence Day.

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

If you can't be free, be a mystery.

If you can't be free, be a mystery.

If you cannot be free, be a mystery.

She is learning toward me, animatedly asking questions, and he is a half step back. It happens three more times that night and many times over the next years. Usually it's the women who identify with me and ask the questions. It isn't the details of my travels that intrigue them; it's the fact that I am living a rich, fulfilling life. And I'm doing it without a man. For many women, my story awakens buried dreams or stimulates new ones.

Il corpo faccia quello che vuole, io sono la mente.