--- title: "11 Declare Independence Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Declare Independence quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Declare Independence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/anonymous-1_founding-fathers_thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-de_2644457.jpg" --- > [Thank god our Founding Fathers didn't decide to declare independence in winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-decide-to-declare-independence/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/anonymous-1_founding-fathers_thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-de_2644457.jpg) > [Declare independence, don't let them do that to you!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjork/declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-that-to-you/) [Bjork](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bjork/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/bjork-2024_declare_declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-t_2904714.jpg) > [Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status-a-capacity-to-declare/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/mahatma-gandhi-23_capacity_swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status_2759312.jpg) > [“I merely declare my independence. I merely claim my choice of all the tools in the universe; and I shall not admit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/i-merely-declare-my-independence-i-merely-claim-my-choice-of-all-the/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/g-k-chesterton-224_freedom_i-merely-declare-my-independence-i-merel_2582049.jpg) > [Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-a-kissinger/taiwan-will-probably-not-declare-independence-the-question-isn-t/) [Henry A. Kissinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-a-kissinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/henry-a-kissinger-1068_china_taiwan-will-probably-not-declare-indepen_135304.jpg) > [First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-avlon/first-i-think-more-americans-need-to-declare-their-independence-from/) [John Avlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-avlon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/john-avlon-23372_appeals_first-i-think-more-americans-need-to-dec_78183.png) > [Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/come-november-the-american-people-will-have-the-chance-to-re-declare/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/donald-trump-18_american-people_come-november-the-american-people-will-h_270157.jpg) > [But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/but-human-beings-are-not-machines-and-however-powerful-the-pressure/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/howard-zinn-576_computers_but-human-beings-are-not-machines-and-ho_667041.jpg) > ['But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/but-say-the-puling-pusillanimous-cowards-we-shall-be-subject-to-a/) [Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/samuel-adams-3491_cowards_but-say-the-puling-pusillanimous-cowards_1792047.jpg) > [Choose this very moment to declare your independence and divorce yourself from neediness, from clinginess, from dependency¦and walk into the blissful freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamoreloveforlifecom/choose-this-very-moment-to-declare-your-independence-and-divorce/) [Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamoreloveforlifecom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamorelovefo_confidence_choose-this-very-moment-to-declare-your_136807.jpg) > [“When the country’s founding fathers declared independence from Dutch colonists in 1945, the declaration read, in its entirety: ‘We, the people of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-pisani/when-the-country-s-founding-fathers-declared-independence-from-dutch/) [Elizabeth Pisani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-pisani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/elizabeth-pisani-50844_founding-fathers_when-the-country-s-founding-fathers-decl_542068.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/declare-independence/#itemlist", "name": "Declare Independence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thank god our Founding Fathers didn't decide to declare independence in winter", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-decide-to-declare-independence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/anonymous-1_founding-fathers_thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-de_2644457.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/anonymous-1_founding-fathers_thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-de_2644457.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/anonymous-1_founding-fathers_thank-god-our-founding-fathers-didn-t-de_2644457.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thank god our Founding Fathers didn't decide to declare independence in winter” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Declare independence, don't let them do that to you!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bjork" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bjork/declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-that-to-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/bjork-2024_declare_declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-t_2904714.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/bjork-2024_declare_declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-t_2904714.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/bjork-2024_declare_declare-independence-don-t-let-them-do-t_2904714.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Declare independence, don't let them do that to you!” — Bjork", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mahatma Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status-a-capacity-to-declare/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/mahatma-gandhi-23_capacity_swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status_2759312.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/mahatma-gandhi-23_capacity_swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status_2759312.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/mahatma-gandhi-23_capacity_swaraj-means-even-under-dominion-status_2759312.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.” — Mahatma Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I merely declare my independence. 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