Quotes about Independence

“I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.”

“The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.”

“Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.”

“People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.”

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.”

“I don't have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today, I hold my independence close. It's what's most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.”

“A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.”

“I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.”

“On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.”

“I am in jail for defending human rights, not independence.”

“Though every Independence Day is memorable, I can't forget the day when Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, raised the flag of independent India in Delhi.”

“Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.”

“Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!”

“The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.”

“If a newspaper is to be of real service to the public, it must have a big circulation: first, because its news and its comments must reach the largest possible number of people; second, because circulation means advertising, and advertising means money, and money means independence.”

“The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.”

“We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state... Not just in exceptional moments.”

“If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”

“Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.”

“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

“I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions.”