Independence And Freedom Quotes

Freedom and independence form my character.

For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under someone else's authority. The concept of self-sufficiency has been undermined in value over a scant few generations. The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action-Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.

I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she will. It depends on her virtue.

Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free. Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls. Where words come out from the depth of truth, where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection. Where the clear stream of reason has not lost it's way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit. Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action. In to that heaven of freedom, my father, LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE!

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

The United States is the only country with a known birthday.

Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.