Independence Quotes - Page 22

• A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.

  Coco Chanel

  Needs, Steps, Cases

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• America was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not state that he is born a slave to the needs of others.

  Alex Epstein

  Pursuit Of Happiness, America, Rights

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• You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Daughter, Future, Son

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• Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strong, Self, Perfect

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.134, Vivekananda Kendra

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• A team of British lawyers has now concluded that the Declaration of Independence was illegal, and the American colonies had no right to secede from England. Well, you thought our court system was backed up.

  Jay Leno

  Team, England, Lawyer

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• It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire. We also have resistance to the space and independence we need. So we go back and forth, not letting ourselves have one or the other. It all boils down to this: Are you willing to have your relationships be a pathway to fully revealing yourself and your potential? If you answer is Yes, real intimacy can be yours on a daily basis.

  Gay Hendricks

  Real, Space, Desire

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• The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Thinking, Social Taboos

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.145, Vintage

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• Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

  David Bronstein

  Success, Player, Games

  David Bronstein (1991). “200 Open Games”, p.113, Courier Corporation

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• You may give a piece of bread to a hungry person, and when the cravings of hunger return some one else must administer to his wants again; to put that person in a position to earn his own subsistence is true charity; in this way you direct his feet in the path of true independence, he is then only dependent on his own exertions and on the blessings of his God.

  Daniel H. Wells

  Blessing, Feet, Giving

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• I am proud that [I was] , , , enabled to guide this great talent . . . towards the superb fulfillment of its individual potentialities, towards the greatest independence.

  Alban Berg

  Music, Proud, Talent

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• One has neither independence nor freedom from bondage when he is obligated to others

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Bondage

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• Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

  Alan Alda

  Laughing, Doubt, Important

  "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself". Book by Alan Alda, abcnews.go.com. 2007.

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• The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Perfect, Womanhood

  Swami Vivekananda (1986). “Awakened India”

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• Freedom and independence form my character.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Character, Form, Independence And Freedom

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• Brokenness is the STRIPPING OF SELF-RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENCE FROM GOD...but he is cast in total dependence upon the grace of God working in and through him.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Self, Grace, Stripping

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• Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.

  Oliver Stone

  Mind, Spirit, States

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• To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures, is a giant educational task. The social and economic ideas that gave birth to the transfer system must be discredited and replaced with old values of individual independence and self-reliance. The social philosophy of individual freedom and unhampered private property must again be our guiding light.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Educational, Philosophy, Self

  Hans F. Sennholz (1979). “Age of inflation”

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• It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

  Olivia Wilde

  Important, Needs, Evening

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• 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

  Strong, Children, Two

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• 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

  Hobbies, Financial, Kind

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• Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Realizing, Palestinian

  Barack Obama's Speech on the Middle East and North Africa, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. May 19, 2011.

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• Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

  Treat Williams

  Treats, Paine, Declaration

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• To me the bicycle is in many ways a more satisfactory invention than the automobile. It is consonant with the independence of man because it works under his own power entirely. There is no combustion of some petroleum product..to set the pedals going. Purely mechanical instruments like watches and bicycles are to be preferred to engines that depend on the purchase of power from foreign sources....The price of power is enslavement.

  Louis J. Halle

  Men, Cycling, Way

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• Be spiritually independent enough that your relationship with the Savior doesn't depend on your circumstances or on what other people say and do. Have the spiritual independence to be a Mormon--the best Mormon you can--in your own way. Not the bishop's way. Not the Relief Society president's way. Your way.

  Chieko N. Okazaki

  Spiritual, Independent, People

  Chieko N. Okazaki (1993). “Lighten Up!”, Deseret Book Company

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• Tony Vigorito has grown a cult following of thousands for one reason - his stuff is fun to read... It's... filled with the freshness and the freewheeling independence that made his reputation... This book is the 'work' of one of the least pretentious and most enjoyable to read novelists at play in America today.

  Kris Saknussemm

  Fun, Book, Play

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