Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to… — Thomas Jefferson
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence… — George Washington
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims… — George Washington
Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment,… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Remember: no attachment should grow, no clinging should grow. They are all against your independence, your freedom, your individuality. — Rajneesh
The ability to provide choices and the right to make choices that prove not detrimental, are the fundamental ingredients of free trade and independence. — Unknown Author
Maturity is not equated with independence though it includes a certain capacity for independence...The independence of the mature person is simply that he does not… — Nancy Chodorow
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. — Denis Waitley
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The price for independence is often isolation and solitude. — Steve Schmidt
Government-to-government foreign aid promotes statism, centralized planning, socialism, dependence, pauperization, inefficiency, and waste. It prolongs the poverty it is designed to cure. Voluntary private investment… — Henry Hazlitt
Freedom in the practical sense is the independence of the power of choice from necessitation by impulses of sensibility — Immanuel Kant
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner. — Noel Carroll
We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training… — Midge Decter
Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops. — Richard Dawkins
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient… — Henry Lawson
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence. — Tom Allen
The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire… — Jimmy Carter
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. — Frederick William Faber
I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence. — Beyonce Knowles
The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to what I was… — Robert Pattinson
Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the… — Victoria Woodhull
O truly enjoy... [a university], the individual-student or faculty-must harbor a well-calibrated sense of annoyance at the institution, entering into a muted adversarial relationship...both in… — Robin Winks
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties . . .… — Louis D. Brandeis

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