Quotes About Independence

Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Everyone is by absolute natural right the master of his own thoughts, and thus utter failure will attend any attempt in a commonwealth to force men to speak only as prescribed by the sovereign despite their different and opposing opinions.

No creo que cuestionar las cosas sea una enfermedad. La obediencia ciega sin cuestionamientos, es la enfermedad.

What can be more calamitous than that men should be regarded as enemies and put to death, not for any crime or misdeed, but for being of independent mind?

no one is bound to live as another pleases, but is the guardian of his own liberty.

Everyone is the defender of his own freedom.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.

I got no car and it's breaking my heart But I've found a driver and that's a start

Do what you want to do And go where you're going to Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you

You can't do anything to please anybody or say anything to please them or even dress so they'll be happy and give you a smile.

Then there's me… non-relevant, non-predicable… ass-headed.

I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.

I don't need to do a reality show to make my mark in this world.

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

I feel like, when people realize that they are the only person they need to impress, everybody's life will be a lot smoother.

Once you reach a certain age, you realize that men aren't as important as you once thought they were.

I have an overactive sense of justice. I want women to realize you don't have to work for the company. You can run the company. I want the scope for them to be endless.

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really.

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.