Independence Quotes
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
Candice Bergen
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
Ian Smith
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Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?
Edmund Morgan
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I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.
Ibrahim Rugova
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Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.
David Bronstein
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It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.
Abraham Lincoln
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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
Narendra Modi
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It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document.
J. Reuben Clark
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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
L. Neil Smith
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
Valerie Trierweiler
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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.
Randa Abdel-Fattah
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
Carles Puigdemont
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Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health and the Disease of the entire community... even in the most favourable circumstances... there would be that absence of competition and that sense of independence... I do not believe it would be good for the profession or good for the Public.
William Osler
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
Olivia Wilde
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
Carles Puigdemont
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Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.
Said Musa
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Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitution, or at least most of it, but also the most searching commentary on it that has ever appeared. Each of them served as president of the United States for eight years. What they had to say to each other has to command attention.
Edmund Morgan
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In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.
Carl Spitteler
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
Jack Kevorkian
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
Carla Bruni
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I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.
Walter Annenberg
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When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
Nandan Nilekani
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There's no alternative to Catalan independence.
Carles Puigdemont
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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
Valerie Trierweiler