Independence Quotes

89. Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That’s respect for local culture.

^{Raj Thackeray}

90. The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

^{Paul Gillmor}

91. There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

^{David Souter}

92. My view is that we need to engender the values of hard work and independence and self-reliance.

^{Pierre Poilievre}

93. Your life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

^{Robert Greene}

94. Independence day is an interesting time to reflect on our strange fealty to institutions that the British left us, including those that were explicitly set up to be used against us.

^{Abhijit Banerjee}

95. I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.

^{Ryszard Kapuscinski}

96. Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another.

^{Julian Assange}

97. I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability.

^{Tan Cheng Bock}

98. I’m one of seven kids, and I love being around a bunch of siblings because I think it teaches you independence, and it teaches you how to grow up quickly and also just be a good friend and be a good sister.

^{Abby Huntsman}

99. My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.

^{Charlize Theron}

100. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.

^{Daniel Webster}

101. The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

^{Harry S Truman}

102. My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort.

^{Mohammed Reza Pahlavi}

103. Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.

^{Felix Adler}

104. Perhaps my problem in marriage – and it is the problem of many women – was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

^{Hedy Lamarr}

105. I was born with a fierce need for independence.

^{Michelle Williams}

106. ‘But,’ say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, ‘we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.’ On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.

^{Samuel Adams}

107. Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.

108. Elton Gallegly
109. Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

^{Rick Ross}

110. The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence.

^{Dan Lipinski}

111. I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.

^{R. Madhavan}

112. Even 150 years of the first war of Independence was marked with a series of programs, but somehow the Jallianwala Bagh incident hasn’t been given the attention it deserves.

^Gulzar

113. When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.

^{Warren Farrell}

114. Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.

^{Deeyah Khan}

115. It’s no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.

^{Don DeLillo}

116. The skills you need to fight the colonial power and the skills you need to gain independence are not necessarily the same you need to run a country.

^{Kofi Annan}

117. We excuse movies like ‘Independence Day’ that really lack logic and say, ‘It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s a ride.’ I thought a movie was a movie and a ride was a ride.

^{Barry Levinson}

118. Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don’t waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

^{Candice Bergen}

119. Four hundred million in India, and millions everywhere, have told you, precisely, that the colored people are not going to die for anybody: they are going to die for their independence.

^{Paul Robeson}

120. What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.

^{L. Neil Smith}

121. The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.

^{Karen Salmansohn}

122. The American Dream is independence and being able to create that dream for yourself.

^{Marsha Blackburn}

123. It is wrong to try to avoid the struggle against imperialism under the pretext that independence and revolution are important, but that peace is still more precious.

^{Kim Il-sung}

124. Independence is a very subjective assessment.

^{P. Chidambaram}

125. Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

^{Alan Dershowitz}

126. I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions.

^{Volodymyr Zelensky}

127. I’ve never joined any organization – not even the ones I’ve organized myself. I prize my own independence too much.

^{Saul Alinsky}

128. As for ‘Independence Day,’ we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.

^{Dean Devlin}

129. Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one.

^{Judy Biggert}

130. It feels like animation has a little more independence than traditional sitcoms ever did.

^{H. Jon Benjamin}

131. I’m lucky because I remember my dad showing me ‘Independence Day,’ and I loved it.

^{Maika Monroe}

132. All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia’s future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

^{Carles Puigdemont}

133. Strategic autonomy is not secured by merely asserting one’s independence: it is secured by creating mutually beneficial interdependencies.

^{Sanjaya Baru}

134. When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.

^{Nandan Nilekani}

135. Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

^{Benjamin Disraeli}

136. Above all, film is a business… Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.

^{Mel Gibson}

137. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

^{Abraham Lincoln}

138. There are broad freedoms in Israel. In fact, Israel’s Declaration of Independence grants all Israel’s inhabitants equality of social and political rights irrespective of religion, race or gender.

^{Lee Zeldin}

139. I’d rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

^{Ahmed Zewail}

140. Honoring our nation’s heroes and their caregivers is a cause very important to me – especially on Independence Day.

^{Joey Chestnut}

141. Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.

^{B. Carroll Reece}

142. I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn’t choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.

^{Nicola Sturgeon}

143. The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S. journalists and media organizations.

^{Frank Church}