Dependence Quotes

409 quotes by 331 authors

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. — Thomas Jefferson
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels,… — Dan Lipinski
Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries. — Dan Lipinski
At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold… — Roh Moo-hyun
We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence. — Paul Ryan
I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy.… — John Salazar
We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state will lead this.… — Bernie Sanders
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others. — George Santayana
The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms. — Andrew Weil
Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain.… — Ellen G. White
If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power,… — Mary Wollstonecraft
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more… — Jane Austen
When you have reached the point where you no longer expect a response, you will at last be able to give in such a way… — Dag Hammarskjold
We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of othersâ€™ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether… — Dalai Lama
She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence â€“ â€œSurely,… — Jane Austen
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.… — James Madison
Libertarian action must recognize this dependence as a weak point and must attempt through reflection and action to transform it into independence. However, not even… — Paulo Freire
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with… — Wendell Berry
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting… — Robert Green Ingersoll

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