Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. — Booker T. Washington
It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever. — Daniel Webster
Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion. — Allen West
The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. — Walt Whitman
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped… — Virginia Woolf
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. — Brigham Young
In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. — Howard Zinn
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. — Joseph Heller
Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion… — Thomas Paine
To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from… — Dag Hammarskjold
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as… — Adeline Yen Mah
What you perceive as "liberal" is my independence to choose what i do, with whom, and when. Moreover, it also means that i may choose… — Ana Castillo
I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time… — Hunter S. Thompson
Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run. — Phyllis Diller
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the… — Rebecca Solnit
Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not… — Dodie Smith
The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried… — David McCullough
My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity… — Herbert Hoover
If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it. — Stephen Colbert
I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither… — Charlotte Bronte
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live… — Henry David Thoreau
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. — Unknown Author

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