Independence Quotes · Page 39

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

— Sir Fulke Greville

British-built railways in India helped the British to make money and maintain order and, as a by-product, served to unite the country,…

— Michael Portillo

I came hither [Craigenputtoch] solely with the design to simplify my way of life and to secure the independence through which I…

— Thomas Carlyle

What we have to fight for...is the freedom and independence of the fatherland, so that our people may be enabled to fulfill…

— Adolf Hitler

“I can take care of myself,” I said hotly. “Darlin, you don't even know how to pleasure yourself.”

— Nenia Campbell

My soul, be satisfied with flowers, with fruit, with weeds even; but gather them in the one garden you may call your…

— Edmond Rostand

France is not Africa's policeman, but we have to ask ourselves what have we done with our independence?

— Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

— Nelson Mandela

The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon…

— Henry McNeal Turner

The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a…

— Jeff Koons

We can only save ourselves through elevating our individual consciousness, by realizing there is already completeness within, and exercising as much considerate…

— Anonymous

The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day…

— Stephen Hunter

“Until power structures change so that women are recognised and rewarded, gain full access to the means of economic independence and take…

— Gabrielle Palmer

I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close.…

— Giorgio Armani

When you chose independence over relationship, you became a danger to one another. Others became objects to be manipulated or managed for…

— William P. Young

I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the…

— Carles Puigdemont

Synchronistic phenomena prove the simultaneous occurrence of meaningful equivalences in heterogenous, causally unrelated processes; in other words, they prove that a content…

— Carl Jung

Before God, I believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that…

— John Adams

English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be…

— James Anthony Froude

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An…

— James Surowiecki

My reason for fixing them in office for a term of years, rather than for life, was that they might have an…

— Thomas Jefferson

I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial…

— Deborah Rhode

Among the Mormons, things temporal have always been important along with things eternal, for salvation in this world and the next is…

— Leonard J. Arrington

America was based on a big promise--a great big one: the Declaration of Independence. When you have to live with that in…

— Robert Penn Warren

No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings…

— Max Lucado

Be grateful to those who have abandoned you, for they have taught you to be independent!

— Nishan Panwar

All I asked for was equality and independence. A rotating chairmanship might have been the answer.

— D. J. Enright

Loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our…

— Soseki Natsume

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

— Jean Vanier

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay…

— Zoe Foster Blake

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world.

— Stanley Crawford

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the…

— Daniel Fried

I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995, just how explosive and…

— Maika Monroe

I want to remain that family farmer independence, which I think is so critical to this country. I think it's helped build…

— Jon Tester

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

— David Bronstein

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”

— Nathan Hale

By all standards, my mother was strict. Any independence we had was earned through mutual trust and respect. She was a parent…

— Brett Cooper