Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence. — Thomas Jefferson
Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health and the Disease… — William Osler
But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast… — Frederick Marryat
Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of some paper preamble… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and… — Max Lucado
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University… — Thomas Jefferson
What does the Negro want? His answer is very simple. He wants only what all other Americans want. He wants opportunity to make real what… — Mary McLeod Bethune
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you… — Abraham Lincoln
The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon our sympathies. They… — Henry McNeal Turner
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence. — Samuel Johnson
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln
Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence. — Winston Churchill
In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second… — Stonewall Jackson
...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of… — Adolf Hitler
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to… — Karen Horney
Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting… — Maria Montessori
The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind. — Maria Montessori
We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who… — Maria Montessori
Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence. — Maria Montessori
She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more bitterly, that young… — Doris Lessing
The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he… — Maria Montessori
The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'. — Maria Montessori
Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the path of independence… — Maria Montessori
Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious… — Maria Montessori
Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only… — George Santayana

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