Quotes about Independence
We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.
— Wendell Berry
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.
— Ronald Reagan
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
— Amelia Earhart
Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.
— Publilius Syrus
Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Great men can't be ruled... The great is the rare, the difficult, the exceptional.
— Ayn Rand
Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
— Andrew Carnegie
Don't depend on other people as the source of your happiness or for approval.
— Joyce Meyer
Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie
If you ever need a helping hand, it is at the end of your arm. As you get older you must remember you have a second hand. The first one is to help yourself. The second hand is to help others.
— Audrey Hepburn