Independence Quotes
1048 Independence quotes by 732 unique authors
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My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain…
— Don Ho
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At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25…
— John Sarbanes
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The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a…
— Robert Zoellick
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As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn into the endless…
— Kathleen Troia McFarland
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
— Natalie Massenet
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Cinco de Mayo is an important day. The Mexicans had to defend themselves from the French. It is historically significant, but it is not Mexican…
— Unknown Author
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If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less…
— Jose Rizal
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It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford greater…
— Jose Rizal
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I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
— Ted Ligety
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If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to…
— Mohamed El-Erian
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In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.
— Cory Booker
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Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.
— Rory Bremner
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What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.
— John Marshall
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The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, naturally suggest the…
— John Hancock
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I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet…
— Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
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They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about…
— Diana Ross
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The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the…
— Norma Shearer
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Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers.
— Gerald F. Lieberman
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Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.
— James H. Douglas, Jr.
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After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect…
— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
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Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.
— Said Musa
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I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part…
— Thomas Erskine
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NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not…
— Slobodan Milosević
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It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each…
— J. Reuben Clark
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We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence…
— Seth Low
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