Quotes About Independence

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.

My 20s were gone, my 30s were recovery, my 40s is where I am self-sufficient.

Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.

In countries that lack a longstanding and entrenched commitment to the rule of law, it can be hard to recruit, train and keep prosecutors and judges who are both independent and effective, even in the face of attempted intimidation or corruption.

I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don't want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful. I'm old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do.

I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.

I do my own makeup for events and red carpet stuff.

I've learned not to let anyone affect my thoughts of myself. And I learned to love my red hair - it's my favorite thing!

I have a red line against the Americans.

When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.

One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

By 2020, 50 percent of imports should be reduced, which should become 75 percent by 2025. By 2030, India should be energy independent.

The Bush administration opened several lines of attack against the rule of law and the integrity of an independent Justice Department. The scandals are so famous that they've been reduced to shorthand: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, NSA, Attorneygate.

Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries.

Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more, not less, incentive to postpone childbearing and more possibilities for independence.

Children already ignore others and take time on their own, and I think that is something adults should refer back to as they deal with the everyday hustle of the world.

You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.

I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this referendum.