Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture,… — Eric Hoffer
There was one bursting now, a delicate constellation of many-coloured stars which drifted down and lingered in the still air.... The final rocket went up,… — Jan Struther
The enemies of living life; outdated little liberals, afraid of their own independence; lackeys of thought, enemies of the person and freedom, decrepit preachers of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
In the word of no master am I bound to believe. — Horace
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of… — Winston Churchill
That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. — John Burroughs
When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence. — Dalai Lama
In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children… — Margaret Mead
I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence. — Juliana Hatfield
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged… — Ellen Goodman
Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us. — Haim Ginott
All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of… — Herman Melville
No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence. — Susan B. Anthony
The women of today are in a fair way to dethrone the myth of femininity; they are beginning to affirm their independence in concrete ways;… — Simone de Beauvoir
You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an… — Herbert Hoover
There are worse places to be than on your own. — Ernest Hemingway
Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself. — Henry Rollins
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens of the United… — William Jennings Bryan
Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes… — Carl Sagan
When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good… — John Stuart Mill
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is… — John Stuart Mill
Most of the beauty of women evaporates when they achieve domestic happiness at the price of their independence. — Cyril Connolly
The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin… — Hannah Arendt
Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that… — Marian Wright Edelman

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