Independence Quotes

298. It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.

^{Mahmoud Abbas}

299. I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.

^{Blanka Vlasic}

300. I don’t know what 15-year-old doesn’t have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

^{Michelle Williams}

301. I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didn’t have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination.

^{Dido Armstrong}

302. I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I’ve just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.

^{Claire McCaskill}

303. We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

^{Rick Perry}

304. Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

^{John Cornyn}

305. And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

^{Sarah Jessica Parker}

306. I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

^{Salma Hayek}

307. I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that’s recognized.

^{Arlen Specter}

308. You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having some outside interests gives.

^{William Hague}

309. My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

^{Victor Ponta}

310. I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child’s needs so constantly is that they don’t grow in their independence, but I think that the opposite is true.

^{Alanis Morissette}

311. Women’s roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It’s the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers.

^{Cokie Roberts}

312. Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They’re concerned about energy independence. They’re concerned about functional government.

^{Mike Huckabee}

313. Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it’s just about projects that turn me on.

^{Matt LeBlanc}

314. I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard?

^{Elisabeth Shue}

315. All I can do is advocate changes at the BBC while respecting editorial independence upon which the success of the BBC rests. I can’t do anything that requires the BBC to pay certain people certain amounts.

^{Jeremy Hunt}

316. The BBC is a victim of its own independence.

^{Graham Norton}

317. For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence – just the biggest.

^{Monica Seles}

318. At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of well-educated Mozambicans to try to run the country.

^{Henning Mankell}

319. Independence doesn’t – doesn’t equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.

^{Gary Bauer}

320. It’s my view that human dignity – an attribute which for years has been taken by the Left in British politics – resides in fact in Tory values of independence, individuality and self determination.

^{Maurice Saatchi}

321. We must develop energy independence; we must Make It In America.

^{John Garamendi}

322. I built my entire life on the idea of independence.

^{Valerie Trierweiler}

323. My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

^{Valerie Trierweiler}

324. I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.

^{Aleqa Hammond}

325. When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman, it was a clear declaration of independence from President Clinton; no Democrat had been more critical of Clinton’s misconduct.

^{Jeff Greenfield}

326. I am so old-fashioned. I’ve never lived with a man. I am completely about the independence of paying my own rent.

^{Suheir Hammad}

327. I’ve always had an enormous sense of independence. But I know that sometimes I can be too independent. It is important to be able to share your life – so that is a work in progress for me.

^{Emilia Fox}

328. I was in Independence, Missouri when Johnson signed the Medicare bill, with Truman standing there. Truman had first proposed Medicare, but couldn’t get it through.

^{Helen Thomas}

329. It’s so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

^{Olivia Wilde}

330. Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

^{Rafael Cruz}

331. If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn’t fit me.

^{Pedro Almodovar}

332. My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.

^{Marlee Matlin}

333. Stand-up is my favorite thing I’ve ever done. There’s so much independence.

^{Rita Rudner}

334. Our military might is the guarantor of Russia’s security and independence.

^{Vladimir Putin}

335. It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air.

^{John Boyle O’Reilly}

336. It’s essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.

^{George Packer}

337. I’m a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.

^{Sally Phillips}

338. Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.

^{Chiang Kai-shek}

339. Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.

^{Natalie Massenet}

340. What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living – and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.

^{Brooke Shields}

341. When I saw ‘Independence Day,’ I said, ‘I want to be like Will Smith.’ I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

^{Cory Hardrict}

342. I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

^{Ted Ligety}

343. In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued ‘Common Sense,’ advocating independence from Great Britain.

^{Mike Crapo}

344. If the Scottish people decide to opt for independence, it would not be a good idea for Scotland to maintain a very rigid link to the pound.

^{Mohamed El-Erian}

345. I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things – I mean, it takes, you know, it’s just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again.

^{Sue Townsend}

346. Like millions of Scots, I’ve agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

^{Rory Bremner}

347. Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

^{Rory Bremner}