Independence Quotes · Page 13

Both of us are known for probably at times regrettable streak of independence.

— David Kay

I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.

— Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.

— Alexander Hamilton

“What a tremendous power one needs to become his own master!”

— Mihail Drumeş

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.

— Anonymous

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

— Abraham Lincoln

“It's your life. It's up to you to make it better.”

— Nicky Verd

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.

— Sally Phillips

The most desirable state of mankind is that which maintains general security with the smallest encroachment upon individual independence.

— William Godwin

I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.

— Nicola Sturgeon

“At a trade show, someone said, "You'll get in trouble for that." I replied,"Are they going to call the trade show police?”

— Tim Fargo

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race…

— Booker T. Washington

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

— Deborah Tannen

Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself.

— Alfie Kohn

“When someone says you can't, look at where they are sitting. Perhaps they meant they can't.”

— Tim Fargo

If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take…

— Sarah Palin

If you believe in the values of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, if you're willing to work…

— William J. Clinton

World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the…

— Philip Roth

The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the recources we…

— Herman Cain

I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems…

— Anonymous

“Push too far into independence and we disconnect and hurt each other. Then in a longing for togetherness, we seek each other…

— Donna Goddard

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the…

— Maria Montessori

The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have…

— William Ralph Inge

The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence as a right of all Americans, as well as on the…

— Martin Seligman

He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't…

— Donald Miller

“India had a very long independence movement. It started in 1886, [with] the first generation of Western-educated Indians. They were all liberals.…

— Meghnad Desai

Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b)…

— Ken Loach

Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily…

— Barbara Coloroso

The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and…

— Winston Churchill

If one looks at the history of India after independence in 1947, for the first 30 to 40 years I think we…

— Cyril Shroff

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no…

— Ayn Rand

“I don't want to have to save your life,' Chord says softly. 'Not when you can do it.”

— Elsie Chapman

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

— Swami Vivekananda

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

— Monica Seles

I do need my independence. I have to have that.

— Carol Vorderman

“The foundation of joyful independence is being content with yourself; self-love.”

— Bryant McGill

You should learn to live for yourself not for others.

— Anonymous

“If my independence threatens your ego, you are not the man for me.”

— Nikki rowe

Your life should be the way you wan't it to be, not the way others wan't it to be.

— Farah Mustafa