Independence Quotes - Page 13

• The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon our sympathies. They made a flag and threw it to the heavens and bid it float forever; but every star in it was against us.

  Henry McNeal Turner

  Stars, Memorable, July

  Henry McNeal Turner (1971). “Respect Black: the writings and speeches of Henry McNeal Turner”

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• There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fathers Day, Dad, Struggle

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1799). “Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales”, p.494

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• Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Air, Foundation

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Arms and the Covenant”, p.54, RosettaBooks

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• In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the 'First Brigade!' In the Army of the Potomac you were the 'First Brigade!' In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the 'First Brigade!' You are the 'First Brigade' in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down the posterity as the 'First Brigade' in this our Second War of Independence. Farewell!

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Farewell, Army

  Stonewall Jackson's farewell address to his brigade as he left to receive his promotion to Major General, October 4, 1861.

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• Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Humanity, Emblems

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.123, Fordham Univ Press

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• ...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of the Fatherland, and the nation's ability to fulfill the mission appointed to it by the Creator of the universe.

  Adolf Hitler

  Children, War, Race

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• The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.

  Karen Horney

  Responsibility, Emotional, Self

  Karen Horney (1967). “Feminine Psychology”

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• Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

  Wayne Dyer

  Independent, Self, People

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• She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more bitterly, that young girl's genuine independence, largeness, scope, and courage.

  Doris Lessing

  Girl, Self, Years

  Doris Lessing (2010). “Stories”, p.494, Vintage

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• Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.

  Maria Montessori

  Independent, Order, Toil

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• The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Mean, Independent

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• We must clearly understand that when we give the child freedom and independence, we are giving freedom to a worker already braced for action, who cannot live without working and being active.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Giving

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• Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Tendencies

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• The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he finds in his path. A vital force is active within him, and this guides his efforts towards their goal. It is a force called the 'horme', by Sir Percy Nunn.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Goal

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• The child's conquests of independence are the basic steps in what is called his 'natural development'.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Development

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• Learning to speak, therefore, and the power it brings of intelligent converse with others, is a most impressive further step along the path of independence ... Learning to walk is especially significant, not only because it is supremely complex, but because it is done in the first year of life.

  Maria Montessori

  Independent, Intelligent, Years

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• Under the urge of nature and according to the laws of development, though not understood by the adult, the child is obliged to be serious about two fundamental things ... the first is the love of activity... The second fundamental thing is independence.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Independent, Law

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• Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only in their works.

  George Santayana

  Freedom, Artist, Interesting

  George Santayana (2014). “Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion”, p.12, The Floating Press

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• Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kindness, Unions, Ancestry

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.350, Modern Library

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• The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

  Ronald Reagan

  Bible, God, Religious

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as well as in the corrupt hearts of persecuting Usurpers, that without a legal incorporation of religious and civil polity, neither could be supported. A mutual independence is found most friendly to practical Religion, to social harmony, and to political prosperity.

  James Madison

  Christian, Religious, Heart

  James Madison (1965). “The forging of American federalism: selected writings of James Madison”

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• In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

  William Ralph Inge

  Revenge, Revolution, Patriot

  William Ralph Inge (1920). “Outspoken Essays”

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• Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.

  Edmund Burke

  Psychological, Anxious, Ruined

  Edmund Burke (2005). “Burke, Select Works”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself.

  Ken Robinson

  Teaching, Creativity, Self Confidence

  Ken Robinson (2011). “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative”, p.270, John Wiley & Sons

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• Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

  Paul Robeson

  Travel, Years, Mouths

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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