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From birds she learned how to sing; from cats she learned a form of dangerous independence. -- Salman Rushdie
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence. -- Thomas Jefferson
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
Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted. -- Thomas Carlyle
It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. -- Mitch McConnell
Both of us are known for probably at times regrettable streak of independence. -- David Kay
Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. -- Will Durant
What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment. -- John Marshall
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. -- George Bernard Shaw
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence -- Noam Chomsky
Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us. -- Henry Cloud
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon. -- Stephen Covey
Let us march immediately, and never lay down our arms until we obtain our independence. -- Nathan Hale
Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words! -- Nathan Hale
Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us. -- Haim Ginott
It is their attachment to us rather than their independence from us that we value in our pets. -- M. Scott Peck
If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it. -- Stephen Colbert
Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. -- Alexander Pope
Today 25 million Texans can celebrate our liberty, and honor the founding generation of Texans who secured it for us. Happy Texas Independence Day, and God Bless Texas. -- John Cornyn
What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance. -- Max Lucado
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. -- Thomas Jefferson

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