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Declaration of Independence: that all of our rights and liberties come to us from our Creator.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- Epictetus
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
- Thomas Jefferson
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
- Victor Hugo
In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn't been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A's without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam.
- Bill Gates
Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.
- Tina Turner
The single woman is a free woman, and being single does not mean being alone - it means being free to have a relationship or not. This can be scary, but it's also very interesting.
- Monica Bellucci
I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men.
- Coco Chanel
The gods help them that help themselves.
- Aesop
Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
- Harriet Tubman
I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.
- Leo Buscaglia
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other.
- Charles Hodge