Quotes about Independence

“India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.”

“I remember being led to a shed by my father for the unveiling of a beautiful bicycle, equipped with stabilizers, on Christmas Day. I must have been four or five and realized that this was my first ride into independence.”

“Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.”

“I pledged to put country before party and assert my independence when it reflects my principles or the needs of Central Virginia, and I have done that.”

“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 independence.”

“As a young African, the sense of opportunity that fills my head on a daily basis is, I suspect, reminiscent of how young Africans felt at the cusp of independence.”

“Diana, whatever her failings, was not into making money, or as Harry and Meghan put it, financial independence.”

“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.”

“Frankly, I love my independence too much to give it up.”

“Our socialism does not include extreme materialistic concepts, since Indonesia is primarily a God-fearing, God-loving nation. Our socialism is a mixture. We draw political equality from the American Declaration of Independence. We draw spiritual equality from Islam and Christianity. We draw scientific equality from Marx.”

“We all agree that we want a clean energy future; we also agree energy needs to be affordable and reliable. Robust domestic energy production leading to energy independence will allow us to meet our energy needs and support our allies in Europe.”

“To me, both the Declaration of Independence and the Communist Manifesto contain underlying truths, but the West doesn't permit a middle road.”

“I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.”

“For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.”

“When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.”

“What we want, above all things on earth in our public men, is independence. It is one great defect in the character of the public men of America that there is that real want of independence; and, in this respect, a most marked contrast exists between public men in this country and in Great Britain.”

“All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.”

“As a filmmaker, one tends to want to evolve evermore towards a place of independence.”

“As we celebrate International Women's Day, it's not enough to applaud the contributions of women worldwide. We should also recognize and celebrate the opportunities and financial independence women enjoy because of entrepreneurial capitalism.”

“6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week.”

“In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent.”