Foreign policy Quote by George Washington

'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I…

— Samuel Adams

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

— Samuel Adams

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: independence or death!

— Sukarno

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

This state of independence shall be!

— Jon Anderson

We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of…

— Cory Booker

To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us? Whoever says,…

— Thomas Paine

As long as [our] independence is not achieved, it remains to be achieved.

— Anonymous

As we look through the hearts of enemies they are also resisting us and wants to give freedom for us & to be independent…

— Mahatma Gandhi

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I wish that all nations may recover and retain their independence; that those which are overgrown may not advance beyond safe measures of power,…

— Thomas Jefferson

We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world…

— Sam Houston