Quotes about Independence
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity
- John Adams
he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence
- Oswald Chambers
Really, then, our problem is not weakness, but independence! And in covenant, you die to independent living.
- Kay Arthur
I ask you...to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall.
- Frederick Douglass
Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
- Henry Cloud
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
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
- George Washington
It's not dependency that creates your future. It's independence that creates your better future.
- Jim Rohn
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.
- James Madison
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them.
- Albert Einstein
Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.
- John Adams
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
- Thomas Jefferson