Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to… — Jay Inslee
In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to… — Ali Khamenei
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but… — Andrew Jackson
When you look for independence and you get what you want, how come you look back thinking what have I done? — Unknown Author
The free enterprise concept inherent in the economic model of capitalism should mean common people, or lower and middle class wage-earners, have greater potential to… — James Morcan
Among the droves of men with political ambitions in the United States, I found very few with that virile candor, that manly independence of thought,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus June 6. Like the movie, big… — Aileen Wuornos
Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at… — Shaukat Aziz
The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence. — Carl Pope
You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some… — William Hague
In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence. — Carl Spitteler
Having emotional independence means we are no longer tied to the need for constant approval and are, therefore, not coerced into doing more than we… — Sue Thoele
True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people. — Y. C. James Yen
No, what Great Aunt Winifred was suffering from was the persecution every happily single woman suffers: the predictable social condemnation of her independence and childlessness.… — Tobsha Learner
This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide.… — Jimmy Carter
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute… — Ayn Rand
A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach. — Seneca the Younger
The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole. — Arnold J. Toynbee
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as… — Arthur Koestler
Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his… — William Shenstone
The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire… — William Godwin
By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me. — Claude Monet
There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly,… — Abraham Maslow

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