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Quotes with tag Independence:

Author	Quote	Rank
Susan B. Anthony	Independence is happiness.	77
B. R. Ambedkar	Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.	101
Charlotte Bronte	I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.	101
Ho Chi Minh	Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.	101
Howard Zinn	In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.	101
Mitch McConnell	It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.	101
Valerie Trierweiler	I built my entire life on the idea of independence.	101
George Richards Minot	The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.	101
Malcolm Turnbull	The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.	101
Nandan Nilekani	When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.	101
Tom Allen	Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.	101
Candice Bergen	Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.	101
Kenny Marchant	This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.	101
L. Neil Smith	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.	101
Maurice Saatchi	America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.	101
P. Chidambaram	Independence is a very subjective assessment.	101
Stephen Breyer	Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.	101
Bob Ney	Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.	101
Deborah Tannen	Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.	101
Michelle Williams	I was born with a fierce need for independence.	101
Randa Abdel-Fattah	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.	101
Sarah Vowell	The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War - when I really think about them, they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.	101
Jim Gerlach	Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.	101
Joseph Lancaster	A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.	101
Kuno Becker	Cinco de Mayo is an important day. The Mexicans had to defend themselves from the French. It is historically significant, but it is not Mexican Independence Day.	101
B. Carroll Reece	Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.	101
Crystal Eastman	Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.	101
Monique Roffey	'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.	101
Don Ho	My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much ahead of all that.	101
Said Musa	Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.	101
David Wooster	I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.	101
Dorothy Corkille Briggs	The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.	101
Shaukat Aziz	Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels.	101
Aleqa Hammond	I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.	101
John Sarbanes	At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.	101
John B. Hood	I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence.	101
Andrew Cuomo	The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.	102
George Henry Lewes	Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.	102
Nguyen Tan Dung	I joined the People's Armed Forces in 1961 to 1984, and I was also a soldier in the southern battle of Vietnam during the resistance against the Americans. I went to the battlefield in order to regain national independence.	102
Paul Ryan	Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.	102
Sarah Jessica Parker	And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.	102
Thomas J. Watson	Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.	102
Kim Il-sung	It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious.	102
Nandan Nilekani	My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.	102
Samuel P. Huntington	The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration.	102
Shashi Tharoor	Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.	102
David A. Clarke, Jr.	The men and women I work with in law enforcement deal with the consequences of the Democrats' selfish policies to encourage reliance on government, dependency instead of independence, and victimhood instead of the promise of earning your way to financial security.	102
David Ben-Gurion	Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence.	102
Dean Devlin	Many years ago, I was actually hired to write the sequel to 'Independence Day.' And I wrote a sequel. And they paid me a boatload of money to go write this thing. And after I wrote it, I read it and I gave them back the money and I said, 'Look, this is an okay movie I just wrote. But it's not worthy of the sequel to 'Independence Day.'	102
Doc Hastings	In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties.	102
Frank Church	The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.	102
Charles A. Beard	You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.	102
Dennis Chavez	If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary.	102
Jane Campion	Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.	102
Katharine Anthony	People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.	102
Alfredo Stroessner	I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised.	102
Caitlin Flanagan	Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.	102
Gregg Harper	I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my American heroes.	102
Azita Ghanizada	I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.	102
Corliss Lamont	True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.	102
Raul Castro	In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.	102
Thomas Erskine	I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.	102
James H. Douglas, Jr.	A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.	102
Suheir Hammad	I am so old-fashioned. I've never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.	102
Albert II of Belgium	One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.	102
Aslan Maskhadov	Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.	102
Jeff Minter	The distance between the people who made the games and the people playing them wasn't that big. It was the spirit of independence. The programmers were a lot like you.	102
Mario Draghi	Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.	102
Susan B. Anthony	I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.	103
Denis Waitley	The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.	103
Charlize Theron	My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.	103
Daniel H. Pink	I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.	103
Eddie Rickenbacker	The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.	103
Henry Cabot Lodge	The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.	103
Hun Sen	Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end.	103
Malcolm Forbes	Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.	103
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.	103
Valerie Trierweiler	My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.	103
Ferdinand Mount	For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.	103
James Cash Penney	The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.	103
John Hancock	The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, naturally suggest the propriety of proclaiming it in such a manner as that the people may be universally informed of it.	103
Paul Gillmor	The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.	103
Rebecca Traister	Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.	103
Tony Snow	If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.	103
Walter Gilbert	The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.	103
Elton Gallegly	Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.	103
Marianne Moore	Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.	103
Norma Shearer	The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man.	103
Philip Hammond	Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.	103
Stephen Hunter	The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' He's crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He's never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn't.	103
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.	103
Gavyn Davies	As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents.	103
Gerald F. Lieberman	Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers.	103
John Boyle O'Reilly	It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air.	103
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao	After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?	103
Ron Lewis	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.	103
Bernhard von Bulow	Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea.	103
Arthur L. Herman	Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way.	103
Mercy Otis Warren	A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United States was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia.	103
Samuel Dash	Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values.	103
Mike Crapo	In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain.	103
Seth Low	On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.	103
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi	My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.	103
Benjamin F. Wade	I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.	104
David Cameron	Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.	104
Diane von Furstenberg	I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.	104
Ho Chi Minh	The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.	104
Ibrahim Rugova	I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.	104
Norman Finkelstein	International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.	104
Carlos Fuentes	Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.	104
Edmund Morgan	Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?	104
Kathleen Troia McFarland	As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn into the endless crises that seem endemic to the region. American energy independence would not only liberate us, it would also drive down the worldwide price of oil.	104
Neel Mukherjee	The freedom fighters in India's long struggle for independence from British rule, or members of the African National Congress, were once classed as terrorists. History, as they say, is written by victors, but history also has many cunning corridors - how much time must elapse before all those tricky side-passages are revealed?	104
Betty Ford	I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.	104
Dean Devlin	As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.	104
Carl Spitteler	In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.	104
Cory Hardrict	When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.	104
Jidenna	While the majority of my childhood memories are beautiful, I also have experienced the challenges that Nigeria has faced since independence.	104
Allen Weinstein	Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.	104
Anna Eshoo	I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly.	104
Collin C. Peterson	I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.	104
Jean-Bertrand Aristide	The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti.	104
Joaquim Barbosa	I think my legacy will be in what most people don't like about me: my style - the separation between judge and lawyers, judge and politics, the real independence of the judiciary from the executive, from the legislative, from money. I'm criticized in Brazil because of that. In the end, I hope to prevail.	104
J. Reuben Clark	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.	104
Stephen Covey	Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.	105
Marshall McLuhan	The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.	105
Caroline Kennedy	The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.	105
Dan Lipinski	The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence.	105
Isaac Herzog	With all its being, the Labor Party supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Labor built the state, and its leaders formulated the Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that anchors Israel as a Jewish state.	105
Jack Kevorkian	I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.	105
Claire McCaskill	I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.	105
David Souter	There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.	105
George Weinberg	As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.	105
Joni Eareckson Tada	I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up.	105
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.	105
Lajos Kossuth	Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.	105
Mariella Frostrup	For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.	105
John Piper	The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.	105
Richard Lugar	Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.	105
Treat Williams	Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.	105
Pam Dawber	I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been 18 months. I've thought maybe I'm really superficial and unable to have a relationship. What I've found is that people are attracted by my independence, and then they try to squelch it.	105
Pete McCloskey	We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians.	105
Allyson Schwartz	In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy.	105
Bernhard von Bulow	For the sake of our interests, as well as of our honour and dignity, we were obliged to see that we won for our international policy the same independence that we had secured for our European policy.	105
Jalal Talabani	Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.	105
Michael McCaul	There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality.	105
Richard Grant	Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence.	105
James H. Douglas, Jr.	Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.	105
Pope John Paul II	The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.	106
Brigham Young	True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.	106
Ellen Glasgow	A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.	106
Francis Parker Yockey	The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism.	106
Ian Smith	Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.	106
Louis D. Brandeis	Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.	106
Warren Farrell	When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.	106
Edwidge Danticat	To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.	106
John Marshall	What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.	106
Lajos Kossuth	The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.	106
Mitch Daniels	All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.	106
Robert Casey	Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.	106
Joe Mansueto	To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.	106
Ken Auletta	Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.	106
Maurice Saatchi	True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.	106
Susie Bright	I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.	106
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II	I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence.	106
Malcolm Wallop	The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.	106
Seth Low	We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence its first formal recognition.	106
Jakaya Kikwete	At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left.	106
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.	106
Alexis de Tocqueville	I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.	107
Cory Booker	In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.	107
Jackie Robinson	I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.	107
Leland Stanford	I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion.	107
Paul Robeson	Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.	107
Will Durant	Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal.	107
Kenneth Grahame	Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached.	107
John Roberts	I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.	107
Mahalia Jackson	It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.	107
Michael K. Simpson	Pharmaceuticals have become an increasingly important part of modern medicine, and our seniors shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford the medicines they need to stay healthy and maintain their independence.	107
Rachel Bloom	Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.	107
Milos Zeman	The only holiday of independence which I can never leave out is the celebration of the independence of the Jewish State of Israel.	107
Dan Lipinski	As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells.	108
Henry Van Dyke	In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.	108
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.	108
Muhammad Ali Jinnah	Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.	108
Virgil Goode	The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.	108
Yitzhak Navon	6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week.	108
Catherine Tate	It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.	108
Deborah Moggach	Independence is fun, especially when there's a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship.	108
George Weinberg	Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.	108
William Cobbett	It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.	108
Henryk Sienkiewicz	But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.	108
Jim DeMint	Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.	108
Jon Oringer	I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.	108
Ronald Kessler	While most Americans know about the Boston Tea Party, few are aware of the Liberty Tree and how important it was to fanning the flames of rebellion that led to the revolution in 1775 and the Declaration of Independence.	108
Ryszard Kapuscinski	I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.	108
Ted Ligety	I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.	108
Alexander Dubcek	In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector.	108
Ali Khamenei	The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes.	108
John Avlon	First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.	108
Davy Crockett	Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.	109
Deborah Sampson	I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!	109
Ibrahim Rugova	My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future.	109
Nicolas Chamfort	Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.	109
Bassem Youssef	Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.	109
Emma Bonino	The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.	109
Ferdinand Mount	A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.	109
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.	109
Nicolas Maduro	Fidel Castro represents the dignity of the South American continent against empires. He's a living legend: an icon of independence and freedom across the continent.	109
Liz Williams	There are a few people who are, let's say, personality-challenged, who would like to set up a cult, but in large part they fail due to the innate stroppiness and independence of their fellow pagans.	109
Cokie Roberts	Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.	109
John Shimkus	All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror.	109
Jean Anouilh	What you get free costs too much.	109
Joe Baca	Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.	109
Rowan Ricardo Phillips	When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.	109
Martin Luther King, Jr.	Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.	110
Diana Ross	They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.	110
Ferdinand Marcos	Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.	110
Ingrid Bergman	I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.	110
Victoria Woodhull	Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.	110
Hjalmar Branting	We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence.	110
Julian Assange	Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.	110
Keith O'Brien	Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.	110
Charles Evers	I'm for economic independence.	110
Doc Hastings	In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.	110
Eric Massa	Look, half the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were either in debt or bankrupt. The remaining half, most of them lost all their possessions. The only reason Monticello didn't get burned to the ground was that the British patrol missed the road.	110
George Woodcock	I was allowed to wander where I could. Here is a case in which you search for your independence and allow something creative to come out of that.	110
Sally Phillips	I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.	110
Stephen Breyer	Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.	110
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.	110
Mercy Otis Warren	The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.	110
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.	110
Judy Biggert	Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.	110
John Garamendi	We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.	110
Walt Disney	Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.	111
Franklin D. Roosevelt	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.	111
Corey Lewandowski	President after president has said energy independence is critical. But then you have the EPA tasked to go after American companies producing coal and penalizing them. You can't have it both ways.	111
Deborah Sampson	Happy for America, happy for Europe, perhaps for the world when, on the delivery of Cornwallis's sword to the illustrious, the immortal Washington, or rather by his order, to the brave Lincoln, the sun of Liberty and Independence burst through a sable cloud, and his benign influence was, almost instantaneously, felt in our remotest corners!	111
Felix Adler	Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.	111
Victor Ponta	My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.	111
William Wallace	I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.	111
Liam Smith	It's always Canelo, and it's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I am the champion, and just looking back on that, that is one reason why I hope they'll respect that I'm champion and be fair.	111
Henry Lawson	We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.	111
James W. Black	The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.	111
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.	111
Robert Kennedy	The United States was born in revolution and nurtured by struggle. Throughout our history, the American people have befriended and supported all those who seek independence and a better way of life.	112
Anna Quindlen	America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.	112
John Quincy Adams	The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other.	112
John Zimmer	The independence once represented by the car has been replaced by cell phones and social networks, which are now at the forefront of people's expression of freedom and access. Once a symbol of 'coming of age,' many drivers are waiting longer to get their licenses.	112
Sean Connery	I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.	112
William J. H. Boetcker	You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.	112
Beverly Sills	A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.	112
Tariq Ali	Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.	112
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.	112
Juliana Hatfield	I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.	112
Blanka Vlasic	I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.	112
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.	112
Sal Albanese	At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.	112
Mercy Otis Warren	A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.	112
Charles de Montesquieu	We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.	113
John D. Rockefeller	Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.	113
Karen Salmansohn	The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.	113
Rafael Cruz	Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.	113
Walter Annenberg	I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.	113
Tariq Ali	Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.	113
Robert Zoellick	The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort.	113
Dan Rather	A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.	114
Salma Hayek	I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.	114
Francis Parkman	The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward.	114
Helmut Schmidt	Democracy is not the end point of mankind. There may be developments in many different directions in the coming centuries. Democracy has only existed for about 200 years. It started out with the American Declaration of Independence. The Americans got their ideas from the Europeans, in the main from the French, the Dutch and the British.	114
Tariq Ali	The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.	114
Eavan Boland	The nineteenth century, especially the second half of it, was a time of restatement in Ireland. After the famine, after the failed rebellions of the Forties and Sixties, the cultural and political desires for self-determination began to shape each other in a series of riffs on independence and identity.	114
Richard Russo	A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.	114
Mercy Otis Warren	By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.	114
William F. Buckley, Jr.	There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.	115
Thomas Frank	I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.	115
Thomas Brodie-Sangster	I like living at home: I've been making films since I was 12, when I played Sam in 'Love Actually', and if you spend as much time away on set as I have done, you get your independence young, so it's nice to come back home.	115
Carl Bernstein	The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.	115
Matt LeBlanc	Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it's just about projects that turn me on.	115
Maurice Saatchi	It's my view that human dignity - an attribute which for years has been taken by the Left in British politics - resides in fact in Tory values of independence, individuality and self determination.	115
Ryszard Kapuscinski	The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise.	115
Sukarno	Our socialism does not include extreme materialistic concepts, since Indonesia is primarily a God-fearing, God-loving nation. Our socialism is a mixture. We draw political equality from the American Declaration of Independence. We draw spiritual equality from Islam and Christianity. We draw scientific equality from Marx.	115
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.	115
Sheena Iyengar	In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about.	115
Daniel Webster	It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.	116
Henry Cabot Lodge	Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.	116
Martha Stewart	I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.	116
Robert M. Pirsig	We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.	116
William J. H. Boetcker	You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.	116
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.	In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.	116
Deirdre O'Kane	I think boarding school does give you an independence.	116
Tamara Mellon	It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.	116
Jay Inslee	The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.	116
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.	116
Herman Hesse	Solitude is independence.	117
Kevin Bleyer	To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I flew to Greece, the birthplace of democracy. I bused to Philly, the home of independence. I even, if you can believe it, read the Constitution of the United States.	117
Liz Phair	I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the fact that I wrote these quirky songs that were not typical structure, not typical sound - you know, really original stuff.	117
Paul Robeson	Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence.	117
Lajos Kossuth	The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common sink of slavery.	117
Raf Simons	I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.	117
Chris Benz	I'm drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and point of view. I love the notion of never taking yourself too seriously or being too put together.	117
Dido Armstrong	I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn't have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.	117
Henning Mankell	At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country.	118
Marine Le Pen	We, the French, are viscerally attached to our laicite, our sovereignty, our independence, our values. The world knows that when France is attacked, it is liberty that is dealt a blow.	118
Rutherford B. Hayes	The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.	118
Samuel Adams	'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.	118
Herbert Croly	To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity.	118
Robert Toombs	Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government.	118
Mohamed El-Erian	If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to the pound.	118
Eddie Vedder	No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren't cool, just to establish themselves. That's what adolescence is about. They're gonna go through that no matter what.	119
Iman	My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.	119
Marlee Matlin	My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.	119
Emilia Fox	I've always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life - so that is a work in progress for me.	119
Rebecca Stead	From age nine, my friends and I were on the streets, walking home, going to each other's houses, going to the store. I really wanted to write about that: the independence that's a little bit scary but also a really positive thing in a lot of ways.	119
Samuel West	Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.	119
John Cornyn	Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.	119
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a good many points about which I may be diffident, but when it comes to questions of Truth and intellectual independence, there is no holding me - I can envisage no finer end than to sacrifice oneself for a conviction.	120
Olivia Wilde	It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.	120
Omar Bongo	But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.	120
Rand Paul	I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.	120
Robin Wright	My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.	120
Damian Marley	Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.	120
Mahmoud Abbas	There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.	120
Ted Olson	I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.	120
John Desmond Bernal	We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways.	120
Booker T. Washington	At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.	121
Arlen Specter	I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized.	121
Chiang Kai-shek	As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation.	121
John Trudell	You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded.	121
Ringo Starr	George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers.	121
Ted Deutch	It's hard to see how the Copyright Office can rise to the many challenges of the 21st-century work that you do without dramatically more independence and dramatically more flexibility.	121
William J. Clinton	Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.	121
Eli Wallach	John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.	121
Marsha Blackburn	The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.	121
Marian Wright Edelman	The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.	122
Emma Goldman	The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.	122
George Packer	It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.	122
Hedy Lamarr	Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.	122
Edmund Morgan	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.	122
Ludwig Wittgenstein	The world is independent of my will.	123
Mary Wollstonecraft	Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.	123
Gerry Adams	We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.	123
Herman Cain	The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the recources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership.	123
Boris Yeltsin	Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.	123
Cyndi Lauper	I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.	123
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.	123
Mahmoud Abbas	It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.	123
Herman Cain	If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.	124
Najib Razak	As the leader of Southeast Asia's oldest democracy, I am always keen to share our experiences. In the half-century since independence, we have found that steady reform is the best way to secure lasting stability. It is a process that continues in Malaysia to this day.	124
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.	124
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.	124
Denis McDonough	The United States is proud to be the first country to recognize the existence of a Jewish State - just 11 minutes after Israel's independence was declared.	124
Richard Perle	We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe.	124
Jenny Shipley	The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.	124
Fred Thompson	I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.	125
Gary Bauer	Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.	125
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.	125
Jose Rizal	If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.	125
Lena Headey	Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.	125
Saul Alinsky	I've never joined any organization - not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.	125
Paul Gillmor	The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy.	125
Theodor Mommsen	An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.	125
Carol Vorderman	I do need my independence. I have to have that.	125
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.	125
Harry S Truman	The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.	126
Feisal Abdul Rauf	What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.	126
Janet Yellen	The principle that a central bank, charged with controlling inflation, should be independent from the government is unassailable. It may also be true that it's easier for the central bank to guard its independence from political pressure when it mainly holds government securities.	126
Moshe Sharett	I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.	126
Arlen Specter	If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.	201
Pedro Almodovar	If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn't fit me.	201
Valerie Jarrett	The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.	201
Wynton Marsalis	Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.	201
Michael Arrington	Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way.	201
Chiang Kai-shek	China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.	202
Glenn Beck	I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.	203
Priyanka Chopra	Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.	203
Rose Leslie	First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.	203
Thomas Bailey Aldrich	When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence.	203
Mel Gibson	Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.	204
Sonia Sotomayor	The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.	204
Ken Salazar	In my time in the U.S. Senate, I tried to craft an energy policy... I will be part of President Obama's efforts to achieve energy independence and enhance the landscape. I am also part of his reform agenda.	204
Monica Seles	For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.	204
Calvin Coolidge	There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.	205
Edward Sapir	The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.	205
Maggie Hassan	When you literally build a state of granite, it takes a certain toughness and perseverance as well as a unique blend of community and independence: a culture that also helps spur economic growth.	205
John Adams	The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.	206
Herman Cain	I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims, they are not totally dedicated to this country. They are not dedicated to our Constitution. Many of them are trying to force Sharia law on the people of this country.	206
Edmund Morgan	Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.	206
Ehud Barak	The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.	206
Jacqueline Novogratz	Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.	206
Marcus Tullius Cicero	What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.	207
Allen West	Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion.	207
Edmund Morgan	When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.'	207
Walt Whitman	The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.	208
Lynn Davies	U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.	208
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?	208
Marvin Ammori	When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men were created equal, he owned slaves. Women couldn't vote. But, throughout history, our abolitionists, suffragettes, and civil rights leaders called on our nation, in reality, to live up to the nation's professed ideals in that Declaration.	208
Philip Kerr	Scotland is the only case in the world where the poor part of a territory wants to separate from the rich part. If independence came, one option is to keep the pound as its currency, so that all economic decisions will continue to be taken by the Bank of England.	208
Philip Kerr	I will say that anyone who supports Scottish independence should go to Athens. Because nothing works. It is a disaster. It is a ruined, dirty place where people do not have money or future prospects. The day one after independence, Scotland would be worse.	209
Patricia Heaton	I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.	210
Patrick deWitt	Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But looking back now, I'm really glad I did, because it forces independence on you.	210
Rita Rudner	Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.	210
Don DeLillo	It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.	210
Peter Jennings	There's no such thing as an independent person.	210
Murray Rothbard	While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the bulk of the people, it is also and ever true that the judiciary is part and parcel of the government apparatus and appointed by the executive and legislative branches.	211
Gary Bauer	For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.	212
Brooke Shields	What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.	212
Jose Rizal	It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford greater freedom to her commerce.	213
Sue Townsend	I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean, it takes, you know, it's just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again.	213
Chiang Kai-shek	Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.	214
Katharine Graham	Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.	214
W. Somerset Maugham	It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.	214
William Hague	Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.	214
Rory Bremner	Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.	214
Pete Hamill	Vietnam should have taught us that nationalism, with its engines of independence and self-determination, is a more powerful force by far than Marxism and must be understood and respected.	215
Voltaire	Injustice in the end produces independence.	216
George Bernard Shaw	Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.	216
Henry Ford	If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.	216
Alan Dershowitz	The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.	216
Bhumibol Adulyadej	When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.	216
Jeff Greenfield	When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman, it was a clear declaration of independence from President Clinton; no Democrat had been more critical of Clinton's misconduct.	216
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.	217
Virginia Woolf	The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.	218
Graham Norton	The BBC is a victim of its own independence.	219
John Stuart Mill	The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.	220
Marquis de Lafayette	My grand affair appears settled, for America is certain of her independence, humanity has gained her cause, and liberty will never be without a place of refuge.	220
Cory Gardner	Senator Udall focused his entire campaign as a social-issues warrior, and that was rejected by the people of Colorado, who embraced our plan of creating jobs and opportunity, growing energy independence, looking at education opportunities for the future, and making sure we're focused on protecting this great Colorado environment.	220
Sukarno	To me, both the Declaration of Independence and the Communist Manifesto contain underlying truths, but the West doesn't permit a middle road.	221
Andrew Jackson	In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.	222
Susan B. Anthony	The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states, and the organic laws of the territories all alike propose to protect the people in the exercise of their God-given rights. Not one of them pretends to bestow rights.	222
James A. Baldwin	It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.	222
Muqtada al Sadr	Out of my desire to complete Iraq's independence and to finish the withdrawal of the occupation forces from our holy lands, I am obliged to halt military operations of the honest Iraqi resistance until the withdrawal of the occupation forces is complete.	222
William Godwin	The love of independence and dislike of unjust treatment is the source of a thousand virtues.	223
Jim Rohn	Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.	224
Richard Branson	When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.	224
Robert Kennedy	A high standard of living cannot remain the exclusive possession of the West - and the sooner we can help other peoples to develop their resources, raise their living standards, and strengthen their national independence, the safer the world will be for us all.	224
Diane Kruger	I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.	224
Steve Erickson	Nothing manifests more persuasively the American contradiction than that the author of the Declaration of Independence, a slave owner, wrote an antislavery clause into the document - as if to compel himself to be better than he was - which then had to be edited out so the Southern states, including Thomas Jefferson's own, would sign it.	224
Rory Bremner	Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.	225
Claire Denis	'Chocolat' was a sort of statement of my own childhood, recognizing I experienced something from the end of the colonial era and the beginning of independence as I was a child that really made me aware of things I never forgot - a sort of childhood that made me different when I was a student in France.	301
Michelle Obama	What I tell my kids is, 'I'm preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.'	302
Cory Booker	We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.	302
Lech Walesa	The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.	302
Sandra Day O'Connor	It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.	302
Elliott Abrams	Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.	303
Ahmed Zewail	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.	303
Vladimir Putin	Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.	304
William Hague	You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.	304
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.	305
Li Keqiang	I wish to reiterate solemnly China's continued firm support to Pakistan in its efforts to uphold independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.	306
William Godwin	I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence of feeling.	306
Michele Bachmann	I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties.	307
James Madison	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.	308
Mike Huckabee	Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.	308
Sun Yat-sen	The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations.	308
Richard Attenborough	I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived. He lived in the 18th century; as you all know, he was an Englishman who was involved in the writing of American Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, the French Constitution, wrote the great book called 'The Rights of Man' - commercial over.	309
John Muir	Bread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need - not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.	310
Emmanuel Macron	I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.	310
Helen Thomas	I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn't get it through.	311
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.	311
Evel Knievel	I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.	312
Benjamin Disraeli	Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.	314
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.	314
Pat Robertson	Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.	314
Ariel Sharon	The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.	315
Dane Cook	I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.	315
John C. Calhoun	What we want, above all things on earth in our public men, is independence. It is one great defect in the character of the public men of America that there is that real want of independence; and, in this respect, a most marked contrast exists between public men in this country and in Great Britain.	315
N. R. Narayana Murthy	India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.	315
Octavio Paz	The American War of Independence is the expulsion of the intrusive elements, alien to the American essence. If American reality is the reinvention of itself, whatever is found in any way irreducible or unassimilable is not American.	316
Pankaj Mishra	National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.	316
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.	316
Ezra Taft Benson	The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings.	317
Cory Gardner	Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.	319
Marsha Blackburn	New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty.	320
Will Rogers	There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.	322
Ambrose Bierce	Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.	322
William Godwin	The most desirable state of mankind is that which maintains general security with the smallest encroachment upon individual independence.	322
Theodor Adorno	The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.	323
Alan Dershowitz	Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.	324
Rick Perry	We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.	326
Alanis Morissette	I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their independence, but I think that the opposite is true.	401
Natalie Massenet	Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.	402
Sam Taylor-Johnson	The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that have definitely informed me. And then, as a parent, it's done the opposite. It's made me feel much more protective. There are boundaries in my kids' lives that I don't think I had.	403
Robert Kennedy	From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life.	405
Ariel Sharon	I do know that Syria never will recognize Lebanon as an independent country, and the declaration of independence of Lebanon took place in 1943. Syria never - Syria never have recognized Lebanon. They regard Lebanon as part of Syria.	408
Nelson Mandela	Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.	410
Robert Zubrin	Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate.	412
Alek Wek	Going back to South Sudan after the independence took place was deeply emotional for me because I had gone through the civil war with my family just before going to seek refuge in London.	413
Ben Bernanke	The Fed's independence is critical.	414
Hugo Chavez	Simon Bolivar, when history led him - and as Karl Marx said, men can make history, but only as far as history allows us to do so - when history took Bolivar and made him the leader of the independence process in Venezuela, he made that process revolutionary.	414
Meghan Daum	The search for happiness has long been a dominant feature of American life. It's a byproduct of prosperity, not to mention the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence.	416
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.	417
Abraham Lincoln	Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.	419
Kevin McCarthy	I believe in being a happy conservative: that you're happy because your policies will give people greater freedom, greater independence. But you have to explain why your policy makes life better.	420
Narendra Modi	Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?	420
Abraham Lincoln	Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.	421
Chuck Norris	I am convinced that the Obama administration and Clinton Dynasty would rather hail the Communist Manifesto than the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July. And there's more than enough proof to show how they have been slow-cooking our Founders' republic into a red-star state like China.	503
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.	508
Chuck Norris	There's very little proof that Obama or anyone in his administration - particularly Hillary Clinton - truly understands or believes the tenets in the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. If they did, they would know that they are running a federal government in direct contradiction to both of those sacred documents.	508
Michael Pollan	Simply by starting to cook again, you declare your independence from the culture of fast food. As soon as you cook, you start thinking about ingredients. You start thinking about plants and animals and not the microwave. And you will find that your diet, just by that one simple act, that is greatly improved.	508
Chuck Norris	If the citizens of the United States are to turn away from the Communist Manifesto and preserve the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, we must first thoroughly reexamine and learn about each of them, and uphold America's founding documents by testing every political action in light of them.	510
Marianne Williamson	Americans are good with to-do lists; just tell us what to do, and we'll do it. Throughout our history, we have proven that. Colonize. Check. Win our independence. Check. Form a union. Check. Expand to the Pacific. Check. Settle the West. Check. Keep the Union together. Check. Industrialize. Check. Fight the Nazis. Check.	512
Noam Chomsky	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.	516
William Godwin	To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary is the only genuine road to independence.	519
Nicola Sturgeon	Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there.	612
Robert Green Ingersoll	It is hard to conceive of the utter demoralization, of the political blindness and immorality, of the patriotic dishonesty, of the cruelty and degradation of a people who supplemented the incomparable Declaration of Independence with the Fugitive Slave Law.	613
Bernie Sanders	If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should invest in solar energy.	623
Maya Angelou	Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.	701
Thomas Jefferson	Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.	704
Nicola Sturgeon	I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.	710
Abraham Lincoln	I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?	718
Nicola Sturgeon	I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.	718
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.	802
Abraham Lincoln	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.	907
Rush Limbaugh	Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.	1122
Noam Chomsky	In 1949, China declared independence - an event known in Western discourse as 'the loss of China' in the U.S. - with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.	1218

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