“If you love your independence, you must lend yourself, in order to protect it, to every turpitude; you must risk ignominy itself.” — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“Check the history, more people died for freedom than love, people need freedom before they need love.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit.” — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our… — Mario Draghi Copy Share Image
“There can be no independence without a large share of self-dependance, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged. — Tamara Mellon Copy Share Image
The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The Constitution provides for one democratic moment, Judge, before a lifetime of judicial independence, when the people of the United States are… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Everyone, everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off because there is worth and goodness in every life.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence has established certain moral confines, and governs in a manner consistent with the spirit under which our nation… — Jeremiah Denton Copy Share Image
There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before.… — Roland Emmerich Copy Share Image
In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise,… — Alexander Dubcek Copy Share Image
One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
“Milton's Eve! Milton's Eve! ... Milton tried to see the first woman; but Cary, he saw her not ... I would beg… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Tree of Liberty: A tree set up by the people, hung with flags and devices, and crowned with a cap of liberty.… — E. Cobham Brewer Copy Share Image
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If one looks at the history of India after independence in 1947, for the first 30 to 40 years I think we… — Cyril Shroff Copy Share Image
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence. — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
When you look for independence and you get what you want, how come you look back thinking what have I done? — Joey Tempest Copy Share Image
I will not even tell my daughter to get married if she does not find her life partner. I would rather push… — Neeru Bajwa Copy Share Image
India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being. — Mark Polish Copy Share Image
Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain. — Mike Crapo Copy Share Image
Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of… — Moshe Dayan Copy Share Image
No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence... — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God,… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much. — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind?… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
All Americans mourn the passing of the author of the Declaration of Independence, George Jefferson. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.” — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
“I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image