Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

A government cannot be expected to allow independence to its central bank unless that bank is also accountable to it and to the wider public.… — Ian Macfarlane
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance… — William O. Douglas
It has become obligatory to fulfil a function which shall in some way be regarded as useful to the masses...Even an articulated mass always tends… — Karl Jaspers
I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's… — Ratan Tata
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them. — Albert Einstein
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever… — Lajos Kossuth
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic… — Nelson Mandela
The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name of God (though… — Jonathan Haidt
If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the… — Sarah Palin
Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b) what kind of… — Ken Loach
God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation. He acts by gentle solicitation and by… — Howard W. Hunter
I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or Marxism…The greatest crimes… — Saul Alinsky
I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence. — Walter Annenberg
The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent — Kwame Nkrumah
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time… — Karl Popper
The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been… — Woodrow Wilson
I demand the independence of woman, her right to support herself; to live for herself; to love whomever she pleases, or as many as she… — Emma Goldman
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of… — John Brown
You can't have it both ways. Either our rights come from God, as our Declaration of Independence says, or they come from human choice. If… — Alan Keyes
If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all… — Alan Keyes
The Declaration of Independence summarizes the civic principles of American life. It agrees with this biblical perspective when it affirms that we are all created… — Alan Keyes
Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've… — Kenneth Grahame
Human existence may be simpler than we thought. There is no predestination, no unfathomed mystery of life. Demons and gods do not vie for our… — E. O. Wilson
The road to energy independence, economic recovery, and greenhouse gas reductions runs through the building sector. — Edward Mazria
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, and there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence. Yet, government regulations… — David McIntosh

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