Independence Quotes

 

Independence is happiness.|Susan B. Anthony

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.|Brigham Young

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her       that meant be your own person     be independent.|Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.|Caroline Kennedy

Injustice in the end produces independence.|Voltaire

Originality is independence not rebellion; it is sincerity not antagonism.|George Henry Lewes

 

There is no dignity quite so impressive    and no one independence quite so important      as living within your means.|Calvin Coolidge

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.|Louis D. Brandeis

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.|Diane von Furstenberg

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.|Thomas J. Watson

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.|Alexis de Tocqueville

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.|Charlotte Bronte

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another          every soul of us on earth.|George Bernard Shaw

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.|Maya Angelou

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.|Marian Wright Edelman

It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.|James Baldwin

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.|John D. Rockefeller

What you get free costs too much.|Jean Anouilh

Independence doesn’t mean you decide the way you want.|Stephen Breyer

I have an independent streak. You know  it’s kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.|Betty Ford

Mickey Mouse is      to me a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.|Walt Disney

There’s no such thing as an independent person.|Peter Jennings

The world is independent of my will.|Ludwig Wittgenstein

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.|Sonia Sotomayor

A free and truly independent press – fiercely independent when necessary – is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.|Dan Rather

Without moral and intellectual independence      there is no anchor for national independence.|David Ben-Gurion

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.|John Roberts

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.|Davy Crockett

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.|James Madison

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.|Montesquieu

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.|Corliss Lamont

It is not the greatness of a man’s means that makes him independent  so much as the smallness of his wants.|William Cobbett

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.|John Piper

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative   Imagination   Individuality and Independence.|Eddie Rickenbacker

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.|William J. H. Boetcker

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.|Mahalia Jackson

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.|Malcolm Turnbull

Impatience is the mark of independence  not of bondage.|Marianne Moore

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.|Anna Quindlen

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.|Mary Wollstonecraft

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.|Henry Cabot Lodge

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.|Virginia Woolf

It is not wealth one asks for but just enough to preserve one’s dignity to work unhampered           to be generous   frank and independent.|W. Somerset Maugham

I have grown up alone. I’ve taken care of myself. I worked       earned money and was independent at 18.|Ingrid Bergman

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.|John Hancock

The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence    it has often been argued     were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.|Carl Bernstein

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.|Sandra Day O’Connor

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.|Ezra Taft Benson

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.|Mitch Daniels

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.|Nicolas Chamfort

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.|Lionel Trilling

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.|Ellen Glasgow

Men spend their whole lives showing that they’re strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect.|George Weinberg

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.|Walter Annenberg

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.|Albert II of Belgium

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.|Doc Hastings

Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion.|Allen West

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.|Mercy Otis Warren

We do need a return to individual integrity         self-reliance and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.|Robert M. Pirsig

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.|Paul Ryan

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.|Rush Limbaugh

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.|Wynton Marsalis

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.|Stephen Breyer

Spending only what the country can afford          rewarding savings   encouraging independence supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.|William Hague

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.|William J. H. Boetcker

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.|Susan B. Anthony

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.|Daniel H. Pink

I’m for absolute autonomy of the individual        and an adult  competent woman has absolute autonomy. It’s her choice.|Jack Kevorkian

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.|Thomas Frank

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.|Paul Gillmor

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.|Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.|Ho Chi Minh

I don’t have a formula to pass on. I always did it my own way. Even today   I hold my independence close. It’s what’s most precious to me. Passion. Risk. Tenacity. Consistency. This is my professional history.|Giorgio Armani

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.|John Adams

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.|Jose Rizal

Your life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence and then physically of your work      owning what you produce.|Robert Greene

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.|Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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.|John Muir

In the progress of personality         first comes a declaration of independence          then a recognition of interdependence.|Henry Van Dyke

The Remain campaign… I’ve never seen a more miserable offering. All they are saying is stay in and we’ll do our best to make sure that Britain’s Parliamentary independence isn’t eroded faster than we can possibly imagine.|Boris Johnson

Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.|Said Musa

The rule of law and the independence of the judiciary underpin our democracy and lie at the heart of our way of life. They are the very cornerstone of our freedoms.|David Lidington

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.|Thomas Jefferson

Education      leading to financial independence has surely made women more empowered.|Sudha Murty

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?|Abraham Lincoln

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.|Sukarno

There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.|David Souter

Autonomy leads to empowerment. We work hard to maintain a balance between collaboration and cooperation and independence.|Bobby Kotick

Socialism is a sacred cause for realizing the demand and desire of the masses of the people for independence; it is a revolutionary cause that advances amid a fierce struggle against imperialism and all other counterrevolutionary forces.|Kim Jong-un

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.|Charles A. Beard

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia’s future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.|Carles Puigdemont

Independence of Judiciary means independence from Executive and Legislature     but not independence from accountability.|Prashant Bhushan

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.|Glenn Beck

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.|Tom Allen

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.|William Wallace

Africans require       want   the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.|Nelson Mandela

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.|Paul Gillmor

In the United States today   the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls  but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.|Howard Zinn

Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence dignity           and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog       the cat’s personality is never bet on a human’s. He demands acceptance on his own terms.|Lloyd Alexander

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.|Chiang Kai-shek

I was born with a fierce need for independence.|Michelle Williams

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.|Julian Assange

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.|Harry S Truman

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!|Deborah Sampson

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.|Shashi Tharoor

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.|Andrew Cuomo

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.|Bernie Sanders

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.|Virgil Goode

My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance.|Pierre Poilievre

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.|Judy Biggert

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.|Chuck Norris

I’m one of seven kids           and I love being around a bunch of siblings because I think it teaches you independence and it teaches you how to grow up quickly and also just be a good friend and be a good sister.|Abby Huntsman

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.|Ryszard Kapuscinski

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.|John Trudell

My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence            health culture           affluence      comfort.|Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

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.|Ahmed Zewail

It is my living sentiment     and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment       independence now and independence forever.|Daniel Webster

America was never officially a Christian nation since neither Jesus Christ nor the Bible are mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. But there’s no denying the influence Christianity has had on our country.|Tony Evans

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.|Andrew Jackson

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder           but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.|Rick Ross

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.|Iman

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.|Benjamin F. Wade

Independence day is an interesting time to reflect on our strange fealty to institutions that the British left us including those that were explicitly set up to be used against us.|Abhijit Banerjee

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.|Henry Lawson

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.|Benjamin Disraeli

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.|Alan Dershowitz

It feels like animation has a little more independence than traditional sitcoms ever did.|H. Jon Benjamin

The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.|Marsha Blackburn

Even 150 years of the first war of Independence was marked with a series of programs      but somehow the Jallianwala Bagh incident hasn’t been given the attention it deserves.|Gulzar

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.|Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Independence is a very subjective assessment.|P. Chidambaram

The Declaration of Independence promised citizens equal access to economic opportunity. This was the powerful principle for which men were willing to fight the American Revolution         but it was never codified in law. When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution     they assumed that the country’s vast resources would ensure equality of opportunity.|Heather Cox Richardson

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.|Edmund Morgan

I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency independence and accountability.|Tan Cheng Bock

British-built railways in India helped the British to make money and maintain order and    as a by-product          served to unite the country ripe for independence.|Michael Portillo

Men say they love independence in a woman      but they don’t waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.|Candice Bergen

We made ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’ about the war of independence and the civil war      which were the pivotal moments of Irish history really. ‘Jimmy’s Hall’ would seem to be a smaller story 10 years later.|Ken Loach

I really love my family. The more independence that I get and the more freedom that I have         the more interested I am in being a dedicated and involved family member.|Maya Hawke

I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence we have our problems and questions.|Volodymyr Zelensky

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.|Robert Green Ingersoll

America was born out of a desire for self-determination           a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.|Maurice Saatchi

I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.|Raf Simons

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.|Mel Gibson

The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence            and everybody else wants it.|Kofi Annan

Fox was interested in a different title to ‘Independence Day.’|Bill Pullman

Even with uncertainty around the future of work in an increasingly automated world          Airbnb will remain a way for women to achieve greater financial independence and social empowerment in the years ahead.|Belinda Johnson

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.|Pete Hamill

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.|Lena Headey

I don’t like asking people for things           so if I can do it myself        that’s the mindset I have. My dad is very much a do-it-yourself kind of person       so I had a strong sense of independence.|Nathan Blecharczyk

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.|Susan B. Anthony

What the Anzac legend did do       by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops           was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence      mateship       and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.|Paul Keating

The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play ‘helicopter parent’ to a free people. They saw government as our shared project to secure liberty       doing a few big things and doing them well.|Ben Sasse

Honoring our nation’s heroes and their caregivers is a cause very important to me – especially on Independence Day.|Joey Chestnut

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.|Deborah Moggach

I’ve never joined any organization – not even the ones I’ve organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.|Saul Alinsky

The requirement for military force is clear when looking at the first of the nine points agreed in Vienna            which states that ‘Syria’s unity      independence           territorial integrity and secular character are fundamental.’|Crispin Blunt

At the end of the Cold War the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong         and Russia was weak and did not count in a unipolar world. We disregarded Russia’s opposition to NATO expansion      the Iraq War and the U.S.-led military intervention in Serbia for the independence of Kosovo.|Bill Bradley

Without U.S. independence North America would have remained a rural      non-industrial breadbasket. Blessed as it was with natural resources    agrarian North America would have supplied cotton and beef and lumber to industrial Britain. America would thus be more like Australia – a nice enough place to live but no kind of world power.|Steve Bannon

I loathe categorization. I cherish my independence        and I treasure chivalry. I live just fine with ambiguity      and I welcome a good quarrel about all things designed or grown – except for when men misnomer ‘confident’ with ‘poised’ and ‘passionate’ with ‘feisty.’ I work hard.|Neri Oxman

Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one’s independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies.|Sanjaya Baru

I value my independence a lot        and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.|R. Madhavan

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.|Marine Le Pen

Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.|Katharine Graham

We must first and foremost defend Hungary’s independence and sovereignty           and     if needed            we must regain it.|Viktor Orban

I’m lucky because I remember my dad showing me ‘Independence Day         ‘ and I loved it.|Maika Monroe

We excuse movies like ‘Independence Day’ that really lack logic and say      ‘It doesn’t make any sense            but it’s a ride.’ I thought a movie was a movie and a ride was a ride.|Barry Levinson

The rule of law means that law and justice are upheld by an independent judiciary. The judgments of the European Court of Justice have to be respected by all. To undermine them         or to undermine the independence of national courts          is to strip citizens of their fundamental rights. The rule of law is not optional in the European Union. It is a must.|Jean-Claude Juncker

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.|Don DeLillo

Instead of being taught independence       energy           and enterprise          our youth today is taught to look for security.|B. Carroll Reece

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.|Pete McCloskey

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.|John Sarbanes

There’s value in checks and balances. And there’s value in having independence in the governor’s office with respect to the legislature.|Charlie Baker

Things go bad after a divorce and often stay that way. It is rare for the parties to return placidly to a time before they met. A bitterness lingers on. Those who call this our Independence Day  fantasising of returning to a never-never time before they married  when they were free            easy   single and master of their fate   are delusional.|Howard Jacobson

As for ‘Independence Day   ‘ we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.|Dean Devlin

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.|Carlos Fuentes

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.|Norman Finkelstein

Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability    danger unwanted independence.|Caitlin Flanagan

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.|Ferdinand Marcos

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.|Liam Smith

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.|Bob Ney

What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy – civil liberties and fundamental rights – which includes independence of the judiciary?|Nawaz Sharif

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.|Stephen Hunter

The alternative to independence is decline          because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.|Carles Puigdemont

There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact           Israel’s Declaration of Independence grants all Israel’s inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion        race or gender.|Lee Zeldin

My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there            and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus          they granted British passports to those who worked with them.|Theo Paphitis

Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.|Fidel Castro

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.|Kenneth Grahame

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.|Frank Church

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.|Gavyn Davies

Our media provides a continuing message that for men heroism is defined through association with control           independence           and the ability to commit violence           from superheroes to crime dramas.|Deeyah Khan

If a newspaper is to be of real service to the public        it must have a big circulation: first           because its news and its comments must reach the largest possible number of people; second       because circulation means advertising      and advertising means money       and money means independence.|Joseph Pulitzer

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.|Eli Wallach

Ethanol is a premier high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.|Richard Lugar

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.|Alek Wek

Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed’s independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight.|Richard Shelby

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.|Marquis de Lafayette

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.|Rex Tillerson

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.|Arthur L. Herman

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.|Mercy Otis Warren

I have no doubt that if confirmed  Judge Gorsuch would help to restore confidence in the rule of law. His years on the bench reveal a commitment to judicial independence – a record that should give the American people confidence that he will not compromise principle to favor the president who appointed him.|Neal Katyal

I’m not chasing independence        I’m chasing Walt Disney. I’m looking for a large piece of that box-office pie       not a tiny piece of that box-office pie.|Byron Allen

When people have compassion      friendship     and unity      they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.|Bhumibol Adulyadej

Puerto Ricans are United States citizens  and I think that the issue of statehood or independence needs to be addressed and needs to be resolved.|Rosie Perez

The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life   liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence.|Blase J. Cupich

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.|Mike Simpson

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.|Ronald Kessler

As a filmmaker         one tends to want to evolve evermore towards a place of independence.|Bennett Miller

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.|Chiang Kai-shek

I believe the absolute majority of Hongkongers have never felt that Hong Kong independence is a viable option.|Carrie Lam

I believe that being in a position    as a central bank      to influence economic growth does not mean losing independence.|Elvira Nabiullina

We should be bolstering American energy independence and American jobs – not making ourselves vulnerable by lining the pockets of foreign energy suppliers.|Andrew R. Wheeler

The power in Washington   D.C.   is centered on the status quo – outdated systems models          and programs built for a previous century. With more silicon and less concrete   we can open up those models to return power and independence to every man            woman          and child.|Cathy McMorris Rodgers

We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state… Not just in exceptional moments.|Carles Puigdemont

We need to make sure people continue to have access to retirement plans because everyone deserves the opportunity to retire with dignity and financial independence.|Charles Boustany

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.|Nicolas Maduro

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.|Jose Rizal

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.|Kuno Becker

Jose Marti      known as ‘the Apostle of Cuban Independence  ‘ was an influential poet      journalist            and political theorist who became a symbol for the Cuban people’s bid for independence. The concepts of freedom liberty           and self-determination feature prominently in his work.|Ben Rhodes

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.|Bernhard von Bulow

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.|Alexander Dubcek

Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico’s Independence Day.|Joe Baca

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.|Elton Gallegly

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.|N. R. Narayana Murthy

I don’t believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.|Carles Puigdemont

‘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.|Claire Denis

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.|Hun Sen

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.|Blanka Vlasic

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.|John B. Hood

The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country.|Kofi Annan

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.|Joe Mansueto

Work requirements offer opportunities to lifting individuals out of poverty  empower them with the dignity of work and self-reliability while also allowing states to control the costs of their Medicaid programs. They also assist people to gain the skills necessary for long-term independence and success.|Chris Sununu

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.|Chuck Norris

To me both the Declaration of Independence and the Communist Manifesto contain underlying truths            but the West doesn’t permit a middle road.|Sukarno

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.|Dane Cook

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.|Hjalmar Branting

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!|Deborah Sampson

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.|Crystal Eastman

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.|Rose Leslie

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.|Azita Ghanizada

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence it’s another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.|Carla Bruni

We say that our objective is to conquer complete independence          to install a people’s power  to construct a new society without exploitation       for the benefit of all those who feel themselves to be Mozambicans.|Samora Machel

I’ve been lucky to be a part of many blockbuster movies… in which it’s hard to get to that level of being memorable    but I still have fond memories of ‘Independence Day    ‘ to be sure. There are also many small ones I’ve had that give me many fond memories.|Bill Pullman

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.|John Shimkus

My journey with Zoom began with a desire for the independence to build something that would make users happy   a true video-first unified communications platform.|Eric Yuan

Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa     the last country in the continent to gain its independence.|Richard Grant

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.|Sean Connery

We are not a gigantic state  we do not have nuclear weapons  but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat… Therefore  we will protect our patch of land  our statehood           and our independence.|Alexander Lukashenko

I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.|Aleqa Hammond

The characteristic that every college football coach should look for in a wife is independence.|Bob Stoops

He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.|Carles Puigdemont

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.|Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Declaration of Independence         mankind was divided into nations by ethnicities and tribes.|Chad Wolf

I’m for economic independence.|Charles Evers

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.|Nicola Sturgeon

In the late afternoons and early evenings the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can’t fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks.|Bob Schaffer

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.|Ringo Starr

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.|Abraham Lincoln

I will always be possessive about creative independence – why is why I can’t work with stars. I don’t even let actors come to the monitor and see the shot.|Luv Ranjan

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.|Paul Robeson

I pledged to put country before party and assert my independence when it reflects my principles or the needs of Central Virginia    and I have done that.|Abigail Spanberger

Talk radio can’t work unless you have the kind of independence you get by being part of an independent news network. You can’t be beholden to an agenda        and that’s what I like about Fox: It doesn’t have one.|Alan Colmes

Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.|Treat Williams

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.|Dido Armstrong

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.|Diane Kruger

When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations         hastened on as it will be by the example of America shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights  and will not its John Tyler be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?|John Tyler

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.|Alan Dershowitz

Nowadays      you can’t broadcast dodgy special effects and then put up a caption saying   ‘Sorry this is what the budget was.’ You have to do it with high production values because the audience has been spoilt by the special effects on things like ‘The X Files’ and ‘Independence Day.’|Jed Mercurio

We need a Supreme Court justice who will restore fairness      balance         and independence to the highest level of the judiciary. Based on his record          I do not believe Gorsuch would be that kind of justice.|Bob Casey    Jr.

To the Muslim woman         the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self   and embrace one’s faith openly with independence and courageous conviction.|Randa Abdel-Fattah

In July 1892   fate suddenly granted me financial independence.|Carl Spitteler

Self-determination could mean independence     confederacy federal and autonomy.|Jalal Talabani

The independence project in Catalonia is… a peaceful revolution        carried out in suit    shirt   and tie.|Carles Puigdemont

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.|Chiang Kai-shek

I’ve embraced the single life and all the glorious independence it has to offer.|Andi Dorfman

This game wears on you. It tears you down. It’s perpetual motion for some people who’ve achieved a level of independence         like Madonna and Jay-Z – they don’t need to do music anymore. But there’s people who need it. And in that need        that’s when it’s tough and it tears you to pieces.|Lupe Fiasco

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn’t want to do it.|Ian Smith

Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.|Alan Mulally

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.|Catherine Tate

In a world of status  independence is key           because a primary means of establishing status is to tell others what to do           and taking orders is a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.|Deborah Tannen

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.’|Michelle Obama

Who can forget the awesome scene in ‘Independence Day’ when the White House gets blown up by aliens? Sure   it looks cheesy now but back in 1994      it was incredible.|Phoebe Robinson

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.|Victoria Woodhull

I do need my independence. I have to have that.|Carol Vorderman

It’s important for women to work. They need to keep their independence      to keep earning and being challenged.|Tamara Mellon

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.|Robert Kennedy

Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to.|Yolanda Hadid

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.|Kevin McCarthy

Here’s the American situation – we have moved from a culture of independence to a culture of dependence. We have moved from capitalism into the direction of socialism. We have moved from being a beacon of strength internationally to a position of weakness.|Carlos Beruff

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.|Bernhard von Bulow

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.|Samuel West

Abraham Lincoln and others recoiled from the idea of government as a prop for the rich. In organizing the Republican Party            they highlighted the equality of opportunity promised in the Declaration of Independence and warned that a healthy economy depended on widespread prosperity.|Heather Cox Richardson

‘Laura’ was overtly political for sure. Caspary was trying to make a point about women and independence and how men viewed them with derision or condescension or on a pedestal when the real person was ignored.|Sarah Weinman

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.|Eavan Boland

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.|Janet Yellen

Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It’s an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.|Carles Puigdemont

Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.|Tariq Ali

Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers.|Gerald F. Lieberman

I don’t have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.|Cyndi Lauper

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.|Pam Dawber

I’m totally committed to the cause of individuality. That’s the only thing I stand by: independence.|Juliana Hatfield

Diana  whatever her failings          was not into making money           or as Harry and Meghan put it            financial independence.|Lady Colin Campbell

Mahatma Gandhi went from Africa to India        and once India won its freedom    it helped African countries to get their independence.|Omar al-Bashir

To know how far I’ve come as a person and an entertainer and a businesswoman    I just hope I represent independence and intelligence and athleticism – everything that a woman should want to be.|Charlotte Flair

We moved to Zimbabwe when I was five some years after Zimbabwe had gained independence.|Danai Gurira

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.|Cory Booker

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.|Don Ho

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.|Bassem Youssef

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.’|Dean Devlin

I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.|Ibrahim Rugova

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.|Joseph Lancaster

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?|Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

There’s no alternative to Catalan independence.|Carles Puigdemont

‘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.|Monique Roffey

When India got independence        entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot        as people who would exploit.|Nandan Nilekani

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.|Ali Khamenei

Frankly          I love my independence too much to give it up.|Akkineni Nagarjuna

We’re seeing a reaction – and people taking to the streets with pots and pans – in areas where the independence movement isn’t supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.|Carles Puigdemont

The Fed’s independence is critical.|Ben Bernanke

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession         a war of independence       no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.|L. Neil Smith

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.|Mercy Otis Warren

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.|Alanis Morissette

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.|Travis Kalanick

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.|Sun Yat-sen

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.|Hugo Chavez

Our pandering politicians compete to add names to the dependency of entitlement rolls instead of evaluating the success of these programs by how many people leave the dole and are restored to an independence. And these bulging entitlements are saddling our offspring with unsustainable generational debt.|Ben Sasse

We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum on independence and on how a separation from Spain – if that’s what the Catalan people choose – would be accomplished.|Carles Puigdemont

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.|Alfredo Stroessner

New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I’m really struck by the idea of authenticity   and I think New York embodies that idea           even though people are like           ‘I miss the old New York.’ But at its core     it has this natural     authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it’s painted over.|Paloma Elsesser

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.|Doc Hastings

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.|Chuck Norris

It’s funny: When I first heard they were thinking of me for the president in ‘Independence Day     ‘ I just assumed it was a comedy – I didn’t exactly think of myself as leader-of-the-free-world material.|Bill Pullman

The scale of ‘Independence Day’ is much more than ‘Stargate.’|Dean Devlin

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.|Ryszard Kapuscinski

‘Independence Day   ‘ ever since we did it there’s been enormous pressure to follow it up.|Dean Devlin

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.|Damian Marley

The only thing I wanted when I left school was independence. I had been at boarding school for many years. When you’re boarding          nothing is your own and your whole day is scheduled. You’re told when to sleep what to eat and when. You have zero independence.|Karren Brady

My mother insists women must have financial independence  which is why I completed my degree in medicine.|Sai Pallavi

Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area – and our independence.|Mario Draghi

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.|Michael Pollan

Britain is characterized not just by its independence but           above all       by its openness.|David Cameron

I’ve always been an independent person   but that independence was in the setting of security.|Patricia Heaton

Acumen Fund’s patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya’s smallholder farmers.|Jacqueline Novogratz

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.|Jim DeMint

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.|Norma Shearer

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.|Lajos Kossuth

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.|Rutherford B. Hayes

I had always wanted to belong       and I had been thinking that this was going to get solved when I had money and instead   I had no idea how I wanted to live my life. And no one teaches you what to do after you achieve financial independence. So I had to confront that.|Daniel Ek

British-built railways in India helped the British to make money and maintain order; but   as a by-product          they served to unite the country    making it ripe for independence.|Michael Portillo

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.|Noam Chomsky

After all these years of Independence       after celebrating this special occasion for all these years            why there’s no drinking water that’s free of cost? Why we have to buy packaged mineral water?|Saswata Chatterjee

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.|Leland Stanford

My grandfather         or Nana Ji     as we called him      was a family legend. Amarnath Vidyalankar spent his life fighting for India’s independence   which included spending four years in prison in Mahatma Gandhi’s movement. I still remember the conversations we had together  many of them while playing chess.|Ro Khanna

I don’t want to get into predicting how Judge Gorsuch would vote on the Supreme Court as a Justice Gorsuch. But I will say that those of us who’ve seen him in court as a judge those of us who have worked with him as I have on a appellate rules committee        understand that this is a man who brings independence and integrity to the job.|Neal Katyal

I don’t have luxurious tastes or great needs          but my independence is worth a lot to me.|Emmanuel Macron

The toddler craves independence  but he fears desertion.|Dorothy Corkille Briggs

The Scottish desire for independence is   to some extent         a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be part of a          to enjoy the subsidy they get from being part of the kingdom.|Roger Scruton

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.|Elliott Abrams

Even after Independence    we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?|Narendra Modi

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.|Herman Cain

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.|Octavio Paz

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.|Fred Thompson

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.|Noam Chomsky

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.|Marvin Ammori

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.|Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.|Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Every Fourth of July            our Declaration of Independence is produced    with a sublime indignation    to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!|William Lloyd Garrison

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land        and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.|James H. Douglas       Jr.

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.|Aslan Maskhadov

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally’s strategic independence from Europe.|Richard Perle

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.|Thomas Erskine

NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation.|Slobodan Milosevic

I’ve always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.|Samuel Dash

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.|Samuel Dash

It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches – legislative         executive and judicial – and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them         that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document.|J. Reuben Clark

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.|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.|Seth Low

But since independence      Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.|Omar Bongo

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.|Dennis Chavez

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.|Samuel P. Huntington

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.|Katharine Anthony

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.|George Richards Minot

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.|John Desmond Bernal

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.|Allen Weinstein

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule            the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty poor health   and political chaos.|Eliot Engel

Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence  but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off after several stubborn fights.|Cole Younger

They had scarcely established themselves           however        before another company of Jackson county citizens         chiefly from around Independence           organized to drive them off.|Cole Younger

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.|James Black

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.|Susie Bright

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.|George Woodcock

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.|Sarah Vowell

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.|Jim Gerlach

The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism.|Francis Parker Yockey

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.|Jay Inslee

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.|Henry Cabot Lodge

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.|Mercy Otis Warren

A majority in all parties do I think           want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.|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.|Ferdinand Mount

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.|Francis Parkman

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.|Ibrahim Rugova

We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.|Gerry Adams

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.|Liz Phair

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.|Dan Lipinski

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.|Allyson Schwartz

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.|Herbert Croly

Let it be immediately added           however        that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.|Herbert Croly

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.|Ron Lewis

To start with  for example this year          2004   is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.|Edwidge Danticat

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.|Malcolm Wallop

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.|Jenny Shipley

Well    you know      Thomas Jefferson    who was the Pat Robertson 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.|Pat Robertson

In the Steven F. Austin Colony      which was the first colony Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.|Michael McCaul

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.|Michael McCaul

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.|Boris Yeltsin

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.|Lech Walesa

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.|Emma Bonino

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.|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.|Lajos Kossuth

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.|Moshe Sharett

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.|Henryk Sienkiewicz

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.|Mahmoud Abbas

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.|Mitch McConnell

Journalists prize independence – not teamwork.|Ken Auletta

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.|Anna Eshoo

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.|Valerie Jarrett

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.|Michele Bachmann

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.|Mahmoud Abbas

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.|Herman Cain

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.|Muqtada al Sadr

I don’t know what 15-year-old doesn’t have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.|Michelle Williams

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.|Claire McCaskill

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools   quality roads and the best health care.|Rick Perry

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.|John Cornyn

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.|Richard Russo

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.|Ken Salazar

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.|Keith O’Brien

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.|Sarah Jessica Parker

I work hard    I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.|Salma Hayek

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed      and I think that’s recognized.|Arlen Specter

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.|William Hague

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.|Victor Ponta

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.|Cokie Roberts

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They’re concerned about energy independence. They’re concerned about functional government.|Mike Huckabee

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.|Matt LeBlanc

I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can          caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?|Elisabeth Shue

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.|Eric Massa

All I can do is advocate changes at the BBC while respecting editorial independence upon which the success of the BBC rests. I can’t do anything that requires the BBC to pay certain people certain amounts.|Jeremy Hunt

The BBC is a victim of its own independence.|Graham Norton

For me            the biggest thing with money has always been independence – just the biggest.|Monica Seles

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.|Henning Mankell

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.|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.|Gary Bauer

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.|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.|Maurice Saatchi

We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.|John Garamendi

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.|Feisal Abdul Rauf

I built my entire life on the idea of independence.|Valerie Trierweiler

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.|Valerie Trierweiler

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.|Jeff Greenfield

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.|Philip Hammond

You break your neck           you don’t know what’s going to happen. I mean it’s foreign. You’re in this body that you thought you were – that you were accustomed to           and now you’re not. You have to figure out everything. I think the biggest thing for me was getting a license  because it gives you – it gives you your independence back.|Mark Zupan

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.|Douglas Fairbanks        Jr.

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.|Sheena Iyengar

I am so old-fashioned. I’ve never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.|Suheir Hammad

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.|Emilia Fox

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.|Helen Thomas

It’s so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.|Olivia Wilde

Except for the Bible the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.|Rafael Cruz

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.|Sal Albanese

In 1995          Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though de jure     it didn’t recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops        we moved the prosecutors we moved all the police     dismantled all the courts     completely   100 percent.|Vladimir Putin

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.|Pedro Almodovar

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.|Marlee Matlin

Stand-up is my favorite thing I’ve ever done. There’s so much independence.|Rita Rudner

Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.|Vladimir Putin

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.|John Boyle O’Reilly

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.|George Packer

I’m a big fan of community and I think independence is over-rated.|Sally Phillips

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.|Michael Arrington

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.|Kevin Bleyer

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.|Nandan Nilekani

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.|Mariella Frostrup

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.|Nguyen Tan Dung

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.|Marianne Williamson

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.|Robert Zoellick

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.|Kathleen Troia McFarland

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.|Najib Razak

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.|Edgar Bronfman       Sr.

Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.|Natalie Massenet

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.|Brooke Shields

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.|Cory Hardrict

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.|Ted Ligety

In January 1776        Thomas Paine issued ‘Common Sense     ‘ advocating independence from Great Britain.|Mike Crapo

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.|Mohamed El-Erian

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.|Sue Townsend

Like millions of Scots          I’ve agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.|Rory Bremner

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate         finally after 300 years            reaching room temperature.|Rory Bremner

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.|Liz Williams

I wish to reiterate solemnly China’s continued firm support to Pakistan in its efforts to uphold independence sovereignty  and territorial integrity.|Li Keqiang

The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.|Rand Paul

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.|Sam Taylor-Johnson

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.|Pankaj Mishra

At one time in the history of the Americas           weapons and armies were associated with liberty and independence and with new opportunities for our peoples. At one time in the history of the Americas            there were liberating armies.|Óscar Arias

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.|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.|Philip Kerr

The only holiday of independence which I can never leave out is the celebration of the independence of the Jewish State of Israel.|Milos Zeman

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.|Meghan Daum

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.|Rand Paul

At independence      Tanzania had 350    000 elephants… in 1987      there were only 55   000 elephants left.|Jakaya Kikwete

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.|Chris Benz

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.|Theodor Mommsen

New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence – a place with a love and a passion for liberty.|Marsha Blackburn

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?|Neel Mukherjee

I think boarding school does give you an independence.|Deirdre O’Kane

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.|Rebecca Stead

I think that initial independence is very important; that’s what being an entrepreneur is all about.|Jon Oringer

One of the most painful things in the Western States and Territories is the extinction of childhood. I have never seen any children – only debased imitations of men and women   cankered by greed and selfishness     and asserting and gaining complete independence of their parents at ten years old.|Isabella Bird

Nothing manifests more persuasively the American contradiction than that the Steve Erickson 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.|Steve Erickson

I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that her independence and capability of sustaining herself are almost as essential to our prosperity and the maintenance of our institutions as they are to hers.|John C. Calhoun

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.|John C. Calhoun

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.|Rachel Bloom

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.|Patrick deWitt

The United States is truly remarkable       a nation founded on a set of Enlightenment ideals so beautifully expressed by the Declaration of Independence and codified in the U.S. Constitution. We should feel good about our ideals  even when we don’t quite manage to live up to them.|Jay Parini

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.|Denis McDonough

From the first moment of independence   the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life.|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.|Robert Kennedy

Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitution  or at least most of it but also the most searching commentary on it that has ever appeared. Each of them served as president of the United States for eight years. What they had to say to each other has to command attention.|Edmund Morgan

In 1787          many Americans were convinced that the ‘perpetual union’ they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier   in the Articles of Confederation   the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.|Edmund Morgan

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.’|Edmund Morgan

Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?|Edmund Morgan

Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.|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.|Tariq Ali

Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom          independence and the ability to get an education.|Katherine McNamara

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.|Murray Rothbard

Come November      the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade   immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today’s rule by the global elite         and to embrace real change that delivers a government of        by and for the people.|Donald Trump

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.|Corey Lewandowski

I’ve always backed energy independence policies          but I’ve heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district.|Mark Kirk

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.|John Quincy Adams

For me            I always have looked at ‘indie’ as a term of ‘independence.’ Never associated a sonic gesture with that in the same way that pop music has always meant ‘popular’ to me; you know      it didn’t define a sound.|Solange Knowles

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.|Helmut Schmidt

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.|Nicola Sturgeon

I’m not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We’ll continue to argue the case.|Nicola Sturgeon

I don’t feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won’t need independence to preserve it… if we don’t become independent  it won’t disappear; it isn’t under existential threat.|Nicola Sturgeon

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.|Isaac Herzog

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.|Ehud Barak

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.|Richard Attenborough

Women are living independently   but we don’t yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.|Rebecca Traister

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.|Yitzhak Navon

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.|John Zimmer

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.|Lynn Davies

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.|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.|Cory Gardner

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.|Ted Deutch

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.|Ariel Sharon

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.|David A. Clarke       Jr.

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.|Richard Branson

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.|Ted Olson

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.|Joaquim Barbosa

I was eight when independence happened. I remember my mum and dad getting dressed up to go to the independence concert to go listen to Bob Marley. Independence was such a wonderful time; we had so many expectations of the kind of country we would become. The vision of the government then was a wonderful vision.|Petina Gappah

When we celebrate American independence       we are celebrating the best sense of an idea        a process in process.|Rowan Ricardo Phillips

The love of independence and dislike of unjust treatment is the source of a thousand virtues.|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.|William Godwin

The most desirable state of mankind is that which maintains general security with the smallest encroachment upon individual independence.|William Godwin

To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary is the only genuine road to independence.|William Godwin

While the majority of my childhood memories are beautiful    I also have experienced the challenges that Nigeria has faced since independence.|Jidenna

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.|Maggie Hassan

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.|Robert Zubrin

I think that my parents’ divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don’t know what’s going to happen in the future.|Felicity Jones

An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America’s most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision – and lost direction.|Sam Brownback

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.|Kris Kristofferson

Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over            he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.|Nathaniel Philbrick

Israeli independence – what we Arabs call al-Naqba      ‘The Catastrophe’ – it created Palestinian identity more than anything else.|Sayed Kashua

Practicing in the trial work trenches of the law    I saw  too     that when we judges don our robes            it doesn’t make us any smarter      but it does serve as a reminder of what’s expected of us: Impartiality and independence       collegiality and courage.|Neil Gorsuch

I believe that as Americans           our freedoms come from God and not government        and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life liberty           and the pursuit of happiness.|Lisa Murkowski

I think America is strong enough to fix the problems     grace and honor to D.C. I think energy independence and control spending. We have to go to a balanced budget. Quite frankly     as far as our debt goes I don’t think you can tax your way out of it. I think people are taxed enough.|Ryan Zinke

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also it meant I read a lot.|Zoe Foster Blake

It’s great that with the Internet        there has come this sense of creative independence.|Tavi Gevinson

I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette ‘Jagged Little Pill’ album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.|Felicity Jones

Autos for years seemed to give us freedom and independence but when they create traffic jams and other problems in the parks the experience of serenity in nature that visitors expect is seriously diminished    if not destroyed.|Michael Frome

How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important.|Parker Posey

I didn’t feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16          I went to school in Montreux in Switzerland   and it was heaven. I went to England for the Easter holidays  Cyprus for Christmas and summer holidays      and I was delighted to have that independence.|Angela Bowie

I’m a huge fan of the first ‘Independence Day.’ It is amazing. When it came out in 1995     just how explosive and big it was… I loved it.|Maika Monroe

I don’t want to be any more interesting than I am. I love the life that I get to live      which is one of real independence and privacy and autonomy.|Allison Williams

Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories      and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.|Pat Buchanan

The idea of the Songun revolution is an idea of giving importance and precedence to military affairs in implementing the masses’ cause of independence           the socialist cause   and pushing ahead with the overall revolution and construction with the revolutionary army as the core force.|Kim Jong-un

The cause of the WPK is a sacred historic cause for fully realizing the independence of the masses of the people      the cause of the Juche revolution.|Kim Jong-un

After Independence there were periods of very high taxation. So you didn’t create wealth how will you distribute it? When was the first time capital gains tax was introduced? It was 1992 March. Till then    everything was taxed one way.|Shiv Nadar

In the Imperialist Era           the foreign loan played an outstanding part as a means for young capitalist countries to acquire independence.|Rosa Luxemburg

Democrats creating the expectation that judges should act as politicians in robes is a dangerous precedent to set         threatening the very independence of the judiciary.|Thom Tillis

Every barrel of oil that we produce around the world benefits Americans because it keeps prices down. We can talk more later about American energy independence but the facts are       every barrel we produce helps Americans because it keeps prices down.|John S. Watson

In retrospect  I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture      as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy         but she always retained her independence.|Alexandra Fuller

It’s one of the things I respect about Time Warner and Turner: their understanding of CNN’s independence.|Jeff Zucker

For months    people have been asking my views about the Scottish independence referendum    and I’ve been saying        ‘It’s not my country; I don’t live here. Much as I love Scotland            I think it would be inappropriate to express a personal opinion regarding Scottish politics’.|Diana Gabaldon

It is critical that special counsels have the independence and resources they need to lead investigations.|Thom Tillis

I’m always battling how to be in a relationship while simultaneously maintaining my independence and my career.|Jessica Williams

The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good  and as a father          I’m puzzling out how to be part of my children’s lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there’s a risk that I’ll overcompensate       of course.|John Dickerson

I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission – say          of retired judges – to rule on athletes who are accused of doing bad things away from the game. Then each league would retain its independence in determining what penalties their players should get for infractions committed within the sport.|Frank Deford

I’m pro-WWE           but also I maintain my independence and speak my true thoughts      never bashing the product. But yes          I can be critical. I’ve earned the right to be critical.|Stone Cold Steve Austin

Energy independence is very important to me.|Tomi Lahren

In its Declaration of Independence on May 15    1948   Israel stretched out its hand in peace to its Arab neighbors         calling for an end to war and bloodshed. In response    seven Arab states invaded Israel. The U.N. resolution that partitioned the country was thus violated and effectively annulled.|Yitzhak Shamir

Americans’ information independence is under attack   whether it’s the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.|Jared Polis

Risk management systems and controls may discourage or limit certain revenue-generating opportunities. Failure to ensure the independence of these functions from the revenue generators and risk takers has been shown to be dangerous         and this is something for which the board is accountable.|Jerome Powell

In a zombie apocalypse movie       nobody’s ever seen a zombie movie. Or in an alien invasion movie            nobody has ever seen an alien invasion movie   like ‘Independence Day.’|Ernest Cline

More than anything  I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.|Diane Greene

Every American must be guaranteed dignity and independence in their retirement.|Jan Schakowsky

As a teenager I had a weakness for freedom fighters. When Mugabe came to London to negotiate independence I vanished from home to stand outside his hotel. I was very disappointed that he looked like a dorky teacher.|Simon Sebag Montefiore

I just like my independence and freedom to come and go and not have an entourage.|Fred Eychaner

As president  Barack Obama has the potential to finally bring our country together to meet the enormous challenges ahead. This includes restoring economic prosperity     moving toward energy independence delivering affordable health care for all   and implementing a responsible   effective foreign policy.|Amy Klobuchar

My best hope is that Libya turns into a peaceful sensible country that has all the things my father and lots of others have been calling for: independence of the courts and press     a protected and democratic constitution       with different parties involved in a healthy and open debate.|Hisham Matar

The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine it and pull it apart because the words ‘All Men’ exclude a vast number of citizens.|Colson Whitehead

Our clients value our independence as the leading partner of both the established providers and emerging players.|Pierre Nanterme

In my country           we’re sufficiently consumed by the concept of happiness that the right to its pursuit is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. But what is happiness?|Lionel Shriver

For years        TransCanada has been selling the Keystone XL pipeline to Americans with all of the enthusiasm of a used car salesman – and using all of the same tricks. However         one myth is more egregious than all the rest: this pipeline will enhance America’s energy independence.|Tom Steyer

With acting    there’s a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it’s done well    it’s a collaborative medium.|Maura Tierney

There are several different ways we can get at unclogging the arteries of lending in America and helping working people achieve financial independence. Part of that is going to be through executive action. Part of that is going to be through reconciliation.|Jeb Hensarling

There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence.|Louis Gossett           Jr.

Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more  not less          incentive to postpone childbearing and more possibilities for independence.|Stephanie Coontz

As a young African  the sense of opportunity that fills my head on a daily basis is  I suspect       reminiscent of how young Africans felt at the cusp of independence.|Ory Okolloh

Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.|Mahathir Mohamad

I’ve never been interested in a career in modelling          I was interested in my independence. When I was in school modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave.|Maya Hawke

Elvis Presley The Rolling Stones David Bowie and The Sex Pistols may come and go     but rebellion remains a key part of the rock n’ roll experience. However   that rebellion – the outgrowth of a youthful search for independence and identity – doesn’t always take the same form.|Robert Hilburn

The ‘Guardian”s unique ownership structure safeguards our editorial independence from commercial or political interference and means we can reinvest any money we receive into this journalism that matters so much.|Katharine Viner

I must recall with gratitude those 178 Jewish women and men who participated in the Estonian War of Independence. Both of our nations know what it means to keep your identity and freedom even under the pressure of foreign powers       and we can be proud of their achievements.|Kersti Kaljulaid

Independence is doing what you want to do         knowing that you’re happy with the decisions you’re making and that it’s the best for you.|Jorja Smith

The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself – that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines that being the world’s greatest nation means that we offer the world’s greatest opportunities.|Rod Lurie

For America  1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence. For Britain   1812 became the skirmish it had contained         while winning the real war against its greatest nemesis          Napoleon.|Amanda Foreman

We will remain independent for as long as our economy develops as needed. We won’t be able to maintain our independence if we ruin the economy.|Alexander Lukashenko

The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines the right to life         liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Alas         that is not the case everywhere in the world.|Haris Pasovic

I’m proud of my independence. And certainly from a business perspective   that’s always been a main agenda for me – to make my own position           don’t try and be like somebody else          because there already is that somebody else.|Rob Van Dam

I got a scholarship    so I was getting my independence and not paying for school. And then here comes the NFL. ‘Now you got an opportunity to get drafted? Guess we’ll do that.’ I did      all right.|John David Washington

Football was the best route to obtain my independence.|John David Washington

Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That’s what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection        politics          hard work     and being introduced to pain and embracing what’s uncomfortable.|John David Washington

States that have experienced revolutions or have acquired their independence from empires – such as the U.S. or Australia – tend to celebrate their constitutional documents and put them on show in special galleries so that every citizen can become familiar with them. In the U.K.      this is not properly done.|Linda Colley

Nigel Farage  the leader of the U.K. Independence Party          is a true populist; Senator Bernie Sanders          the former U.S. presidential candidate who campaigned for Hillary Clinton after losing his battle for the Democratic Party’s nomination is not.|Margaret MacMillan

I have year after year          been named the most bipartisan member of the whole United States Senate. I have proved my independence.|Susan Collins

In a country that provides no subsidized child care and no mandatory family leave no assurance of flexibility in the workplace for parents     no universal preschool and minimal safety nets for vulnerable families  making it a crime to offer children independence in effect makes it a crime to be poor.|Kim Brooks

I think part of the way in which kids develop emotional and psychological resiliency is by having some independence.|Kim Brooks

Our founding fathers declared independence from Great Britain because they were dissatisfied with the laws and policies that they believed abridged their freedoms. Had they taken the stance that many want our professional athletes to take – to just shut up and honor your country no matter what – we would be living in British colonies.|Stan Van Gundy

America in the 1800s isn’t quite the historical mystery hotbed as the same period in the country it bested in the War of Independence           but its unique spectacle of rapid social change and the lingering influence of its literary voices act in a parallel manner upon crime fiction chroniclers devoted to this side of the Atlantic.|Sarah Weinman

Independence feels like a luxury   where the reality is that it’s hard to survive financially for so many people out there.|Keiko Agena

Every manly icon the West has ever admired has embodied the very spirit of American independence.|Steven Crowder

I think it’s empowering for women to be in a relationship or single and have their own independence.|Ashley Roberts

The success of the first album was almost an anomaly  and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for commercial success. I remember meetings with my label saying it had no radio singles. For me            the second album was a gesture of independence.|Christine and the Queens

American values come by helping countries fight corruption to build stability. American values flow through tackling climate change and building energy independence. American values come through humanitarian assistance whereby we try to stop catastrophes from happening.|Chris Murphy

I started modelling from the age of 16      and within three years        I was bored and decided to shift to films. But I love modelling because it gave me independence.|Sushmita Sen

I think since I was a kid      I had that independence of being driven and being motivated in whatever I did    whether school work or a sport or even a hobby.|Olivia Holt

Fundamentally          the solution to economic insecurity is economic prosperity – an achievable goal. But for anyone who has grown up without financial security   there’s a shadow that lies over even those who move towards independence: lack of financial literacy.|Stacey Abrams

Independence sounds good in theory        but in practice          it is mutually exclusive with accountability. The more independence you give a prosecutor the less you make that prosecutor accountable to the public and regular checks and balances.|Neal Katyal

I personally think the male and female roles have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Men are no longer the breadwinners. Financial independence for a woman is a huge thing.|Andrea Jeremiah

I have grown up in a family where every one is a part of the defence forces  so freedom and everything related to independence runs deep down my veins.|Nikita Dutta

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.|Frans Timmermans

Before Lil B  hip-hop and music in general was in a different space. Lil B really just pushed this independence.|Lil B

As we celebrate International Women’s Day       it’s not enough to applaud the contributions of women worldwide. We should also recognize and celebrate the opportunities and financial independence women enjoy because of entrepreneurial capitalism.|Rachel Campos-Duffy

The reason I say ‘never say never’ is because I do not think that there should be another independence referendum in Scotland – I do not think it’s in their interest – but on the other hand  I am a big believer in devolution.|Andrea Leadsom

I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players            and they have assured me it will be done.|Inzamam-ul-Haq

Our Declaration of Independence was the start of a conversation about how to achieve life           liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every citizen. Our Constitution was always intended to grow and adapt as we formed a more perfect union     established justice   and ensured peace   security            and the blessings of liberty.|Kirsten Gillibrand

Jobs give people a sense of independence security and self-confidence.|Jeannie Mai

If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China  it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.|Joshua Wong

We should     through civic referendums determine our own pathways and political status after 2047            because in this lies the future of our democratic movement. If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China     it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.|Joshua Wong

I think Berlin is always inspiring. I love being in Berlin. It feels like such a cool city          with so much culture and art and independence everywhere.|Kate Nash

Finding your feet in a new country provides an enormous boost to your confidence and independence.|Layla Moran

The one thing I wanted was independence. And I realised to have that independence          you needed financial independence.|Karren Brady

I have a fresh start    now that I’ve turned 18       which feels like such a symbolic age of independence and hopefully a new phase of my life.|Cody Simpson

Look   Bill Barr can choose to be a lying partisan hack. It just means he needs to go work for the Trump campaign but he can’t be attorney general. That’s a position that requires independence     integrity            an oath to the constitution.|Ted Lieu

There are tradeoffs between independence and co-operation    between regulatory autonomy and market access. This means that compromises are necessary to deliver a pragmatic Brexit that protects jobs and living standards while respecting the referendum result.|David Gauke

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself         more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.|Jessica Barden

Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union            and hostility to the superstate is rising across the continent.|Max Boot

No       I don’t think I’ve ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing.|Roger Scruton

Drone attacks are against the national sovereignty and a challenge for the country’s autonomy and independence. Therefore    we won’t tolerate these attacks in our territorial jurisdictions.|Nawaz Sharif

Yet we have learned from the Scottish independence vote and with Brexit what referendums do to our politics. They foster bitter divisions in ways that parliamentary elections tend not to do.|Owen Jones

I am in jail for defending human rights     not independence.|Jordi Cuixart

I will not even tell my daughter to get married if she does not find her life partner. I would rather push her for education and financial independence.|Neeru Bajwa

In many households today  the woman is also a bread winner and with this financial independence comes the power of making choices.|Rahul Dev

When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum         dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.|Amy Macdonald

Coming to the Waratahs was the first time I felt I gained some independence. I was telling my parents I had to go out on my own  and learn and grow  and if I made mistakes       then so be it.|Israel Folau

There’s a learned helplessness for a lot of people who are leaving Westboro because you’re not allowed to have any kind of independence when you are there so a lot of people don’t have practical life skills.|Megan Phelps-Roper

Britain is the home of economic freedom with liberty guaranteed by the independence of our state institutions    and an absence of corruption assured by transparency.|Liz Truss

Racism was once just racism          a terrible bigotry that people nevertheless learned to live with if not as a necessary evil then as an inevitable one. But the civil-rights movement       along with independence movements around the world        changed that.|Shelby Steele

If you ask the Polish people           I believe that a vast majority of them would say they are pleased with E.U. membership         but also a majority consider very highly the sovereignty and independence of Poland – they are very attached to Polish tradition.|Andrzej Duda

It took 16 years after our independence for the opposition to win even one elected seat. And 23 years after 1988      when the GRC system was introduced    for the opposition to win one GRC.|Pritam Singh

Texans deserve a senator who represents our values      strength         courage         independence – putting Texas first.|MJ Hegar

My aunt was a chef and she inspired me deeply so she was a huge motivator but more than anything it was a quest for independence and freedom that lead me to an L.A. Culinary School.|Marcela Valladolid

My biggest financial fear is dying and not leaving enough to see my daughter through to adulthood and financial independence.|Laila Rouass

I want my daughter to grow up with some kind of ambition. I want her to work and to have that independence.|Laila Rouass

I remember being led to a shed by my father for the unveiling of a beautiful bicycle           equipped with stabilizers         on Christmas Day. I must have been four or five and realized that this was my first ride into independence.|Alexander Gilkes

Offshore drilling is not the solution to U.S. energy independence       and I am against opening parts of the Arctic  Pacific and Atlantic oceans to oil and natural gas production.|Deb Haaland

During the 35 years of Left regime            there was no independence. We were left at the hands of torturers.|Nagma

My parents were very unusual. They were pro-women and independence and they wanted me to have my own career. And because of my lineage         every door was opened for me.|Anoushka Shankar

Since the struggle for our nation’s independence America has been a union of purpose: a union born from the belief that although each individual is the pilot of their own destiny           when we come together          we change the world. We are stronger as a woven rope than as unbound threads.|Alexander Vindman

In order to provide for their independence           the Constitution made judges of the superior courts immune from removal except by impeachment.|Prashant Bhushan

What attracted me to Melania is her strength       her independence    her doesn’t-matter-what-anybody-else-thinks attitude.|Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

It was my mother’s dream to have a few houses next door to each other         where they could live in one      and my brother and I could live in the others      where we are close but also had independence.|Teresa Ruiz

We will resolutely and persistently maintain independence while fighting for the protection of our sovereignty   but we must maintain a peaceful environment for development.|Nguyen Phu Trong

What belongs to our independence and national sovereignty    we will never give up.|Nguyen Phu Trong

Nowadays      independence is so promoted        it would be crazy for me to say I’d want a traditional woman who wants to stay at home.|Omarion

The independence of content creation without fearing what’s going to be censored has relieved a lot of filmmakers in India.|Shweta Basu Prasad

My parents split when I was one-year old and I haven’t lived with my father since. He is a creative spirit and has always cherished his independence.|Antara Mali

Financial independence could be one of the factors        but most 65 plus artistes in our industry wish to continue working for the passion they have for their craft.|Ashok Saraf

See      Independence means freedom       for me            more specifically    freedom of speech which we seem to have lost.|Saswata Chatterjee

Every party faces ups and downs. After independence  parties like Jansangh and BJP had been finished.|Mayawati

Many Anglo-Indians who had lived through the last days of the Raj were old           and I felt it was important to meet them and record their memories of what life had been like for them under the British and how it had changed after India’s independence.|Karan Kapoor

I look forward to demonstrating the greatest integrity of fairness and independence that any arm of the city should have and does have.|Maya Wiley

I’ve most liked dressing up as a flapper. I’ve been flappered twice. But I care not only about the clothes they wore but what they stood for. It’s early-liberated   earning money         having the vote        their potential husband probably died in the war that kind of independence.|Lucy Worsley

To actually be independent financially was a big luxury. Modelling gave me an independence     it gave me responsibility. I didn’t have to work at McDonald’s. I could save up and choose the training that I wanted to do.|Stacy Martin

It’s painful to see that after Independence India hasn’t won a single Olympic medal in athletics.|Milkha Singh

When you lose your parents when you’re a kid    you kind of get this freedom and sense of independence way younger. And obviously I wish my mum had never died but I like the way my life turned out because of who that turned me into.|Dawn O’Porter

Of course we need independence  but who says that should mean doing everything alone and in isolation? That won’t make us stronger. Together is always better.|Jo Frost

From my perspective           we must create an equitable path forward to energy independence     not only from foreign countries but also independence from fossil fuels.|John Fetterman

In the drive to prove our status as a world-class city      let’s stay true to our democratic legacy and what Boston has already given to the world: informed independence and true debate.|Michelle Wu

It’s a weird thing       having a double act – I think Stew puts more energy into his solo stuff than I do            and tries to establish his independence more.|Richard Herring

The message to China from Congress has to be clear     there will be consequences for Beijing if they threaten Taiwan’s independence.|Ronny Jackson

From the Green Mountain boys who joined the fight for independence; to a war that saved the Union            and two wars that would encircle the world; to Korea and Vietnam and the Middle East    and our F-16s defending the skies above Ground Zero on September 11   2001; Vermonters have always answered our nation’s call.|Phil Scott