Quotes about Independence

And, after all, you've got to live." "Not that way," said Roark.

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.

while Mr. Edwards was in the town, and they had no other minister to preach to them, they carried on public worship among themselves, and without any preaching, rather than invite him.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Whether the church in America is really "free," I doubt.

Adams understood that the secret to self-government is that the people must themselves be self-governing, which is to say they must be motivated by something beyond the law. Each individual must govern himself, and for this morality was plainly necessary.

That country where they wouldn't be told what to think or how to live or even whether or how to worship.