Quotes About Independence

Have you ever tried taking a phone away from a teen, especially for an extended period?

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not too many people would feel sorry for a man who worked from home, answered only to himself, and earned millions by simply typing words into a computer.

You really don't get it, do you? Most people are sheep. Stupid and uninformed. And they don't dig. They don't think for themselves. They'll trust a sincere voiceover and whatever the television tells them.

So your drug could at least loosen the grip of a cult leader on his followers?

And most dreams can only be fulfilled by yourself. It's a bit like happiness: you can never depend on someone else for that elusive state of being. In the end we are all directly responsible for our own happiness... or lack thereof.

Being guided by your own thoughts and abilities, living out there on the high wire and being rewarded for it: That was the Chicago way. Nothing else counted. If it were sensational enough, whether a scientific breakthrough, a rousing new style of music, or an underworld murder, it would be celebrated.

Cynical views of humans as a mindless mob, incapable of behaving intelligently and peacefully, are used to justify keeping us apart and denying us roles as autonomous actors.

that into adulthood, even when Tony drifted into

Cascadia was able to exist for so long as a single entity because no nation cared enough to take control of this distant corner of North America. Even though four countries — Russia, Spain, Britain and the United States — explored the Pacific Northwest's coastline, none claimed exclusive sovereignty over the land mass lying behind it.

True independence of mind exists where there can be disagreement without demonizing the one you differ with. And this cannot be done unless you let Scripture instruct you on how to distinguish things that are of first importance and things that are of much lesser importance.

The root of every rebellion (in every culture) must always be identified as pride, and the lust for autonomy.

The independence of art from worldview and worldview concerns is a myth. Every work of art is produced within a framework of worldview assumptions.

Conformity can be costly in a world of uncertainty.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

Freedom of mind is the Real Freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains is a Slave, not a Free Man.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of him self.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

Let Africans remain good Africans and not a poor copy of Europeans. In the whole wide world, Africa my Africa came first. I'm proud of my colour whosoever is not proud of his colour is not fit to live. Only the best for Africa.

Crowns of flowers and laurels are the inventions of free people.

Not all were asleep during the night of our forefathers! (Noli Me Tangere)

There are no tyrants where there are no slaves. (El Filibusterismo)

Within the heart of every boy is an adventurer.

Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.