Independence Quotes

I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk.

If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones.

He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.

To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.

If somebody tells me what to do, I will do my best not to do it.

In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

I'm lost in space and I want to find a way home. Nobody else can get me back to the planet, so I have to do it myself.

I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle.

I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence.

Say That! is an iron fist upside the mushy head of smooth jazz, and Grant Geissman's defiant declaration of independence.

Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the Declaration of Independence.

I think [John] Adams was correct when he said that his May resolutions were "an Epocha, a decisive Event," and tantamount to a declaration of independence.

In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.

Never seek financial independence in independent cinema since independent cinema doesn't make money.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

If we are negative by nature, we Americans are more human than most. The Founding Fathers loved going negative. Heck, the Declaration of Independence is one long negative ad.

One battle would do more towards a Declaration of Independence than a long chain of conclusive arguments in a provincial convention or the Continental Congress.

Effective interdependence can only be built on true independence.

True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.

I enclose to you a copy of the declaration of independence as agreed to by the House, and also, as originally framed. You will judge whether it is the better or worse for the Critics.

To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence and since.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.

If the Declaration of Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means denying the most fundamental right of all to the unborn child, the right to life.

The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.

Real freedom for people can only exist whenever there is security and independence.

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.

I believe that one of the great pleasures that we derive from voyaging is that of independence, and we have found that the best guarantee of that independence comes from simplicity.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

If America was trying to keep the bubonic plague out of its hemisphere, Canadians would import it just to show their independence of American foreign policy.

The States acceded to the Union.

[Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.

It seemed like an interesting movie [Independence Day], and I thought I had a take on the part that was going to be unique. That doesn't happen to me very often.

The cult of nature is a form of patronage by people who have declared their materialistic independence from nature and do not have to struggle with nature every day of their lives.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

the independence of the artist is one of the great safeguards of the freedom of the human spirit.

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

We can reduce the effect of future disruptions by reducing our dependence on oil, not putting up more rigs and drilling our special places. The fact is, we cannot drill our way to oil independence.

The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation to the ideals which won independence.

All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life.

Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand - they only. Know this at last.