Quotes about Independence

The spirit of dialectical fearlessness is not so easily acquired; and the sense of isolation which remains despite the conviction of right, the sadness of the parting from admired and trustworthy [or trusted?] authorities, is the line of demarcation which marks the threshold of its acquirement.

But, you see, it's not what you do that matters really. It's only you.""Me what?""Just you here. Or you in the city. Or you somewhere in the world. I don't know. Just that.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

In our country we ask no toleration for religion and its free exercise, but we claim it as an inalienable right.

Freedom has its roots in religion.

You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don't need their approval to fulfill your destiny.

Don't beg anybody for anything, especially love.

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect.