Independence Quotes - Page 8

• There is a danger in our modern practice of using embedded journalism. As there is less and less money available for journalism to uphold its independence, there is a temptation for people to take short cuts. If this army or that army or this corporation is willing to pay for your flight or your accommodation, then it's much more difficult to tell what the real story might be. I do have a concern about that.

  Stuart Franklin

  Real, Army, Cutting

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It wouldn't take us long to discover the substance of that dream. It is found in those majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, words lifted to cosmic proportions: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God, Creator, with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. This is a dream. It's a great dream.

  Unknown

  Dream, Men, Pursuit Of Happiness

  5 Copy quote

• I say we should praise Donald Trump for existing and for winning, because it has woken people up. For many years, I have been trying to say to Europeans, and especially to Americans, that Vladimir Putin is a problem for the world. And they have swatted me away. "It's your problem, we have our democracy." Suddenly, because of Trump, they are learning about separation of powers, independence of the judiciary and that Ronald Reagan was right when he said, «Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction».

  Garry Kasparov

  Winning, People, Trying

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• I like to be depressing. I feel it's my duty to make everyone a little less happy. You know that line in the Declaration of Independence, "the pursuit of happiness"? I've come to think that it has no meaning at all. You cannot pursue happiness. And to think that this bad little sentence has determined our lives.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Depressing, Pursuit Of Happiness, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• The thing to remember about the Declaration of Independence and the profession of freedom is that it was written by people who were quite free and who were surrounded by people who were not free. The people who wrote the Declaration of Independence were ventriloquists really. The obsession with freedom makes no sense when it applies to them.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  People, Remember, Obsession

  4 Copy quote

• I think after Iceland's independence in 1944, we were not very sure of ourselves and our confidence was really low. It took one generation to sort of get over that. I'm second generation. My parents were born in 1945-46. Our movement at the punk times was like, we can sing in Icelandic, we are strong.

  Bjork

  Strong, Thinking, Parent

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Political, Glory, Stage

  John Adams (2016). “John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826”, p.652, Library of America

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Independent, Ubuntu, Blood

  Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2010.

  91 Copy quote

  Show source

• First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.

  John Avlon

  Party, Thinking, Needs

  45 Copy quote

• Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.

  Joe Baca

  Years, Mexico, Cinco De Mayo

  20 Copy quote

• 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

  Taken, Government, People

  "Bachmann: Obama 'Threatened' By My Candidacy". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 27, 2011.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Believe, Survival, Records

  7 Copy quote

• 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

  Believe, Men, Pro Life

  5 Copy quote

• 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

  Inspiring, Memorial Day, Memories

  12 Copy quote

• Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Sarcastic, Mad, Intellectual

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)”, p.126, e-artnow

  51 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Happiness, Courage, Mean

  Louis D. Brandeis (2009). “Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Girl, Successful, Thinking

  Interview with Heidi Raykeill, www.literarymama.com. April 2004.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Country, Law, People

  "The Ed Show", www.nbcnews.com. March 28, 2011.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Oil, Energy, World

  Herman Cain's remarks at the Republican primary debate at Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina, www.washingtonpost.com. May 6, 2011.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

  David Cameron

  Britain, Openness

  8 Copy quote

• Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.

  Robert Casey

  Children, Mean, Parenting

  7 Copy quote

• At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Courage, Men, Bravery

  8 Copy quote

• 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

  Country, Latin, Years

  "Noam Chomsky on Venezuela - the transcript". Interview with Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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

  Military, Land, Iraq

  "Moqtada al-Sadr orders halt to attacks on US troops stationed in Iraq". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Kwanzaa, Class, Community

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.2527, e-artnow

  33 Copy quote

  Show source