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Quotes about Independence

Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.
- Ludwig Borne
Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.
- Abraham Lincoln
To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Not horses," he replied, stepping away from his throne. "Birds.
- Ernest Cline
Lila!" she said, wincing again. "Such language, honey! Your parents don't let you swear like that around them, do they?" Whoadie folded her arms. "Well, no, they didn't used to," she said. "But they both died in a hurricane when I was little, so now I get to say whatever the fuck I want.
- Ernest Cline
Weil ich keinen Bock habe, in einen übergewichtigen Kerl verknallt zu sein, der Chuck heißt und in irgendeinem Vorort von Detroit bei seiner Mutter im Keller lebt.
- Ernest Cline
What seems more important are the private independent acts that become more necessary every day.
- Eugene Peterson
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
- Euripides
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Luckily for me, I don't depend on seeing every patient who comes through my door to pay the rent, and so if someone is involved in an activity that I don't like, I just don't accept that person as a client.
- Ruth Westheimer
I hate repetition. Even when I am home and have to buy milk, I go a different way each time to avoid having a habit of anything. Habits are really bad.
- Marina Abramovic
I don't think I represent some new category. I think I do represent kind of a freethinker.
- Marianne Williamson