Top independence Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of independence quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Rand Paul
The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
- Rand Paul
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Image of Michael McCaul
In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.
- Michael McCaul
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Image of Herbert Croly
Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.
- Herbert Croly
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Image of Dean Devlin
'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up.
- Dean Devlin
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Image of Bob Schaffer
In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks.
- Bob Schaffer
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Image of Victor Ponta
My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.
- Victor Ponta
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Image of Lupe Fiasco
This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's perpetual motion for some people who've achieved a level of independence, like Madonna and Jay-Z - they don't need to do music anymore. But there's people who need it. And in that need, that's when it's tough and it tears you to pieces.
- Lupe Fiasco
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Image of Phoebe Robinson
Who can forget the awesome scene in 'Independence Day' when the White House gets blown up by aliens? Sure, it looks cheesy now, but back in 1994, it was incredible.
- Phoebe Robinson
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Image of Elisabeth Shue
I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?
- Elisabeth Shue
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Image of Stone Cold Steve Austin
I'm pro-WWE, but also I maintain my independence and speak my true thoughts, never bashing the product. But yes, I can be critical. I've earned the right to be critical.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Image of Thom Tillis
It is critical that special counsels have the independence and resources they need to lead investigations.
- Thom Tillis
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Image of Natalie Massenet
Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
- Natalie Massenet
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Image of Francis Parker Yockey
The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism.
- Francis Parker Yockey
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Image of Linda Colley
States that have experienced revolutions or have acquired their independence from empires - such as the U.S. or Australia - tend to celebrate their constitutional documents and put them on show in special galleries so that every citizen can become familiar with them. In the U.K., this is not properly done.
- Linda Colley
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Image of Frank Deford
I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who are accused of doing bad things away from the game. Then each league would retain its independence in determining what penalties their players should get for infractions committed within the sport.
- Frank Deford
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Image of Sam Brownback
An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
- Sam Brownback
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Image of Elvira Nabiullina
I believe that being in a position, as a central bank, to influence economic growth does not mean losing independence.
- Elvira Nabiullina
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Image of Mark Zupan
You break your neck, you don't know what's going to happen. I mean, it's foreign. You're in this body that you thought you were - that you were accustomed to, and now you're not. You have to figure out everything. I think the biggest thing for me was getting a license, because it gives you - it gives you your independence back.
- Mark Zupan
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Image of Bill Pullman
Fox was interested in a different title to 'Independence Day.'
- Bill Pullman
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Image of John Garamendi
We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.
- John Garamendi
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Image of Nandan Nilekani
When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
- Nandan Nilekani
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Image of Carles Puigdemont
The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.
- Carles Puigdemont
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Image of Paul Gillmor
The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.
- Paul Gillmor
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Image of Michelle Williams
I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.
- Michelle Williams
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Image of Eliot Engel
While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.
- Eliot Engel
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Image of Petina Gappah
I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the independence concert to go listen to Bob Marley. Independence was such a wonderful time; we had so many expectations of the kind of country we would become. The vision of the government then was a wonderful vision.
- Petina Gappah
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Image of Nicola Sturgeon
I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.
- Nicola Sturgeon
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Image of Valerie Trierweiler
I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
- Valerie Trierweiler
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Image of Samuel Dash
I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
- Samuel Dash
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Image of John Garamendi
For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.
- John Garamendi
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Image of John David Washington
Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That's what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what's uncomfortable.
- John David Washington
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Image of Carla Bruni
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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Image of Jake Auchincloss
A handwritten Declaration of Independence was on my bedroom wall and the Founding Fathers were above my desk in college.
- Jake Auchincloss
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Image of Jeremy Hunt
All I can do is advocate changes at the BBC while respecting editorial independence upon which the success of the BBC rests. I can't do anything that requires the BBC to pay certain people certain amounts.
- Jeremy Hunt
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Image of Boris Johnson
The Remain campaign... I've never seen a more miserable offering. All they are saying is stay in and we'll do our best to make sure that Britain's Parliamentary independence isn't eroded faster than we can possibly imagine.
- Boris Johnson
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Image of Rowan Ricardo Phillips
When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.
- Rowan Ricardo Phillips
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Image of Katherine McNamara
Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom, independence and the ability to get an education.
- Katherine McNamara
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Image of Slobodan Milosevic
NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation.
- Slobodan Milosevic
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Image of Cole Younger
Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.
- Cole Younger
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Image of Cole Younger
They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.
- Cole Younger
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Image of Vladimir Putin
In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent.
- Vladimir Putin
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Image of Vladimir Putin
Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.
- Vladimir Putin
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Image of Jon Oringer
I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.
- Jon Oringer
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Image of Isabella Bird
One of the most painful things in the Western States and Territories is the extinction of childhood. I have never seen any children - only debased imitations of men and women, cankered by greed and selfishness, and asserting and gaining complete independence of their parents at ten years old.
- Isabella Bird
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Image of John C. Calhoun
I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that her independence and capability of sustaining herself are almost as essential to our prosperity and the maintenance of our institutions as they are to hers.
- John C. Calhoun
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Image of Jay Parini
The United States is truly remarkable, a nation founded on a set of Enlightenment ideals so beautifully expressed by the Declaration of Independence and codified in the U.S. Constitution. We should feel good about our ideals, even when we don't quite manage to live up to them.
- Jay Parini
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Image of Edmund Morgan
In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
- Edmund Morgan
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Image of Donald Trump
Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people.
- Donald Trump
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Image of Mark Kirk
I've always backed energy independence policies, but I've heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district.
- Mark Kirk
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Image of Solange Knowles
For me, I always have looked at 'indie' as a term of 'independence.' Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant 'popular' to me; you know, it didn't define a sound.
- Solange Knowles
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