Independence Quotes

1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors

According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do… — David McCullough
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives,… — Thomas Jefferson
How foolish it is to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence. — Hermann Hesse
A craving for freedom and independence is generated only in a man still living on hope. — Albert Camus
He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't provided a better… — Donald Miller
Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was… — Hermann Hesse
No, I'm not religious, I'm sorry to say. But I was once and shall be again. There is no time now to be religious." "No… — Hermann Hesse
he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of… — Oswald Chambers
The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence… — Terence McKenna
Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We cannot reel time backward or… — Sena Jeter Naslund
They were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, they were absent in the Constitution and they were invisible in the new political democracy. They… — Howard Zinn
America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. — John Quincy Adams
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one's… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. — Michel de Montaigne
He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt. — Mervyn Peake
Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it silence… — Laura Moriarty
One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independance, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and… — Brian Weiss
I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to… — Rosie Thomas
For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose. — Marcus Aurelius
What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in… — Fred Rogers
We do not trust educated people and rarely, alas, produce them, for we do not trust the independence of mind which alone makes a genuine… — James A. Baldwin
The sense of perspective that interaction with multiple cultures gives you I find to be extremely valuable, because it allows you to see the structure… — Julian Assange
The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established it were primary.… — Howard Zinn

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