Quotes About Independence

Men often still expect women to be under their thumb.

Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system.

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.

Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger.

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are looking to make India self-reliant in terms of power requirement, along with providing carbon-free sources of power, thus improving India's position globally.

Each justice enters the Supreme Court possessing a record of opinion by which he or she is measured, and that without threat of election or outside influence, they will apply the Constitution as they always have; thus, it's ridiculous to assert the opposite.

My mother didn't baby me, and I think that helped me out thus far to keep my drive and my hunger. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.

If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is allowed. Tibet has been firmly ensconced as part of the Chinese empire since the Qing dynasty's military intervention in Tibet in the early 18th century.

China invaded Tibet. It invaded it. So all this nonsense about them being the same country is absurd. It's called Tibet. If it was part of China, it would be called China, wouldn't it?

We all have those friends that tick to their drum, and you don't want them to tick to anybody else's drum.

I figured out quick I had to write my own ticket. I realized I could tell stories and make money from it.

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

Minnesotans are ticket splitters. They look to the candidate, not the party, which is the way it should be, and that's only going to help me.

I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.

I've got to literally write my own ticket.

I was tall and skinny, and at 15, I was approached to model. I figured that models got to travel, and it became my ticket to travel so much so that if an agency could not fly me to another country, I would fly on my cost so that I could see that country and also make some money.

I ran away from my home in Gwalior and bought myself a ticket to Delhi. That was the nearest metro, and the cheapest ticket was for Rs 74.