The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
I think women have been given an opportunity to exercise their independence on almost every level. We can be single forever, or… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no "I" in team.' What you… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of… — John Brown Copy Share Image
“You are a single woman; you intend to remain one. You’ve acquired enough sexual experience to feel you belong to your times.… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe that with the complete formation of the global Zionist network, they have seized control of the fate of the European… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
The idea that money brings power and independence is an illusion. What money usually brings is the need for more money -… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils… — Wolfe Tone Copy Share Image
Man! The most complex of creatures, and for this reason the most dependant of creatures. On everything that has formed you, you… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Well,” her mother said, looking at the engine, “at least that’s still there.” "Do you know anything about engines?" Stephanie asked. "That’s… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
A man is an island, but the water is deep And the shore on the other side is ragged and steep To… — Joey Tempest Copy Share Image
At one time in the history of the Americas, weapons and armies were associated with liberty and independence, and with new opportunities… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of… — Pete McCloskey Copy Share Image
“I can breathe easier now that the appointments are behind me. I missed them all, through deliberate negligence, Having waited for the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Let go of your insecurities. Let go of your pain, you are limitless. Nothing is holding you back, you are perfect. You… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just… — John Muir Copy Share Image
The effects of independence will no doubt go beyond the borders of Scotland. An independent Scotland where both main parties are progressive,… — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions, that around us… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that… — Sharon Maas Copy Share Image
The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a… — Virgil Goode Copy Share Image
In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was… — Alfredo Stroessner Copy Share Image
The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human… — James Joll Copy Share Image
“The introduction to horrors so young impressed on me just how helpless and vulnerable I was. Parents are supposed to empower their… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
I hope that the economic, financial and trade blockade against Cuba will be lifted, so that the economy can grow and wages… — Mariela Castro Copy Share Image
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence.… — David McIntosh Copy Share Image
I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
“If you're waiting for me to declare my undying love for you, I can't do that yet, blood-bond or no blood-bond. If… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow… Of his innocence all are confident. The… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“How the little courtesies of life on the surface of society, deemed so important from man towards woman, fade into utter insignificance… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams and proceeding from secondary school to University but of passing… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
There's very little proof that Obama or anyone in his administration - particularly Hillary Clinton - truly understands or believes the tenets… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image