Quotes about Independence

“It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”

“Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.”

“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.”

“It's one of the things I respect about Time Warner and Turner: their understanding of CNN's independence.”

“Things go bad after a divorce and often stay that way. It is rare for the parties to return placidly to a time before they met. A bitterness lingers on. Those who call this our Independence Day, fantasising of returning to a never-never time before they married, when they were free, easy, single, and master of their fate, are delusional.”

“The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play 'helicopter parent' to a free people. They saw government as our shared project to secure liberty, doing a few big things and doing them well.”

“The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country.”

“Nowadays, you can't broadcast dodgy special effects and then put up a caption saying, 'Sorry, this is what the budget was.' You have to do it with high production values because the audience has been spoilt by the special effects on things like 'The X Files' and 'Independence Day.'”

“Before Lil B, hip-hop and music in general was in a different space. Lil B really just pushed this independence.”

“When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum, dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.”

“The Fed's independence is critical.”

“I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.”

“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.”

“Finding your feet in a new country provides an enormous boost to your confidence and independence.”

“I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.”

“For months, people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum, and I've been saying, 'It's not my country; I don't live here. Much as I love Scotland, I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics'.”

“I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.”

“The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.”

“When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.”

“To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction.”

“For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence.”