Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

I enjoy the independence of single-handling a boat. I like controlling the elements, making the wind and the waves and the water work for me. — Gerry Schwartz
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.… — Benjamin Franklin
True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes. — Nicholas Lore
Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions. — Herbert Croly
Money is preferable to politics. It is the difference between being free to be anybody you want and to vote for anybody you want. And… — P.J. O'Rourke
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable...in large part,… — P.J. O'Rourke
Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage. — Marianne Moore
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. — Vaclav Havel
She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say… — Sharon Maas
I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand - they only. Know this at last. — Charlotte Bronte
There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven. — Tryon Edwards
Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent." Bill Clinton "The price for independence is… — Steve Schmidt
The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subordinated… — Ayn Rand
Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard… — P T Barnum
Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn — H. L. Mencken
Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the… — Rabindranath Tagore
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued… — Abraham Lincoln
Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern… — Sam Houston
Let me tell you what is coming.... Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet... You… — Sam Houston
Bubbles and crashes are textbook examples of collective decision making gone wrong. In a bubble, all of the conditions that make groups intelligent - independence,… — James Surowiecki
But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence. — Ayn Rand
If arithmetic overflow is a fatal error, some fascist pig with a read-only mind is trying to enforce machine independence. — Bill Gosper
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do… — Ayn Rand
I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary… — Alfredo Stroessner
The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out the truth for… — Jack Kornfield

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