(986 quotes found)
“In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.”
Howard Zinn
“Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, ''Go to sleep by yourselves.'' And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help.”
Margaret Mead
“It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.”
Daniel Webster
“The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.”
Marshall McLuhan
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
Contributed by: Andy James
Benjamin Franklin
“Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked-up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.”
Kate Winslet
“There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.”
Will Rogers
“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!”
“Let's face it. In most of life we really are interdependent. We need each other. Staunch independence is an illusion, but heavy dependence isn't healthy, either. The only position of long-term strength is interdependence: win/win.”
Greg Anderson
