Independence Quotes

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LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the… — Ambrose Bierce
The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns… — Paulo Coelho
Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of… — Louis D. Brandeis
No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens… — Eric Hoffer
Nowhere else did repressions, purges, suppressions, and all other kinds of bureaucratic hooliganism in general acquire such horrifying scope as in Ukraine, in the struggle… — Leon Trotsky
The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas… — Valerie Jarrett
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile. — Samuel Eliot Morison
No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad… — Eddie Vedder
Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of… — Friedrich Engels
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you… — Robert Greene
But when a man draws a lifeless thing into his passionate longing for dialogue, lending it independence and as it were a soul, then there… — Martin Buber
The gift of independence once granted cannot be lightly taken away again. — Robert Graves
The BBC is a victim of its own independence. — Graham Norton
I know this independence is what people like most about my brand. — Raf Simons
Say That! is an iron fist upside the mushy head of smooth jazz, and Grant Geissman's defiant declaration of independence. — Bill Milkowski
My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. — Victor Ponta
Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let all… — Abraham Lincoln
In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that… — Doc Hastings
This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV,… — Dido Armstrong
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It… — Henry Ward Beecher
The written history of the world is largely a history of warfare, because the states within which we live came into existence largely through conquest,… — John Keegan
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group, especially… — James Surowiecki
We may first observe that communism and socialism--which we shall hereafter group together and dub Statism--cannot live with Christianity nor with any religion that postulates… — J. Reuben Clark

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