Independence Quotes

The first thing that comes to mind when speaking of independence is the freedom from oppression. The liberty to act, speak and think without any external restraints is how independence can be best defined. The true meaning of independence, however, varies from person to person. While spiritual gurus define the state of being independent as the realization of the Almighty, philosophers have a more humanitarian approach to the same. Read this famous self-reliance quotations and sayings to feel the real essence of independence.

Solitude is independence.
Solitude Lonliness
Hermann Hesse

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I was born with a fierce need for independence.
Michelle Williams

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Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.
Stephen Breyer

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Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
Independence Day Belief Proverbs Restraint
David Lloyd George

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Practicing in the trial work trenches of the law, I saw, too, that when we judges don our robes, it doesn't make us any smarter, but it does serve as a reminder of what's expected of us: Impartiality and independence, collegiality and courage.
Courage Work Law
Neil Gorsuch

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My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.
Mothers
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.
Men Independence Day Observation Equality
Saint Thomas Aquinas

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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.
Family
Charlize Theron

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Independence is happiness.
Happiness
Susan B. Anthony

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Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
Meaningful Independence Day Attitude Perception
David Lloyd George

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The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
Men Blame Confidential Disgrace
Thomas Hobbes

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I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work to ensure that it upholds the rule of law and safeguards those liberties that make this land one of endless possibilities for all Americans.
Work Truthfulness Law
John Roberts

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I got a scholarship, so I was getting my independence and not paying for school. And then here comes the NFL. 'Now you got an opportunity to get drafted? Guess we'll do that.' I did, all right.
Opportunities
John David Washington

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Socialism is a sacred cause for realizing the demand and desire of the masses of the people for independence; it is a revolutionary cause that advances amid a fierce struggle against imperialism and all other counterrevolutionary forces.
People Desire Struggles
Kim Jong-un

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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.
Work
Matt LeBlanc

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Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.
People Work
Bill Clinton

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I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
Sweet
Susan B. Anthony

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It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.
Society Government
Sandra Day O'Connor

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I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.
Desire Parents
Michelle Williams

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If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should invest in solar energy.
Energy Water
Bernie Sanders

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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
Dignity
Calvin Coolidge

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Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
Facts Law
Stephen Breyer

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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Contribution
John D. Rockefeller

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I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.
Equality
Sean Connery

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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
People Freedom
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I don't have luxurious tastes or great needs, but my independence is worth a lot to me.
Greatness Worth
Emmanuel Macron

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If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.
Energy World
Herman Cain

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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.
Culture
Don DeLillo

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Football was the best route to obtain my independence.
Best Football
John David Washington

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The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states, and the organic laws of the territories all alike propose to protect the people in the exercise of their God-given rights. Not one of them pretends to bestow rights.
People
Susan B. Anthony

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It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.
Country History
Mitch McConnell

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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?
Character Work
Elisabeth Shue

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The cause of the WPK is a sacred historic cause for fully realizing the independence of the masses of the people, the cause of the Juche revolution.
People Revolution
Kim Jong-un

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Injustice in the end produces independence.
Voltaire

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Jobs give people a sense of independence, security and self-confidence.
People Security
Jeannie Mai

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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.
Cool Business
Mel Gibson

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The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
Glory
John Adams

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In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.
Strength History
Cory Booker

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The Remain campaign... I've never seen a more miserable offering. All they are saying is stay in and we'll do our best to make sure that Britain's Parliamentary independence isn't eroded faster than we can possibly imagine.
Best
Boris Johnson

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Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
Mickey Mouse
Walt Disney

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The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Body Society Mind
John Stuart Mill

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The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Freedom
Harry S. Truman

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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
Love Work
Salma Hayek

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In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
Good People
Andrew Jackson

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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.
Library Children
Sarah Jessica Parker

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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.
Internet
Julian Assange

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It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
Mind Country
James Baldwin

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I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims, they are not totally dedicated to this country. They are not dedicated to our Constitution. Many of them are trying to force Sharia law on the people of this country.
People Country Law
Herman Cain

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The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.
People Government
Andrew Cuomo

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The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
Beauty
Walt Whitman

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The idea of the Songun revolution is an idea of giving importance and precedence to military affairs in implementing the masses' cause of independence, the socialist cause, and pushing ahead with the overall revolution and construction with the revolutionary army as the core force.
Army Revolution
Kim Jong-un

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Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence.
Rita Rudner

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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
Food
James Madison

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We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.
Country Success
Cory Booker

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Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.
Nature God Government
Paul Ryan

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

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A high standard of living cannot remain the exclusive possession of the West - and the sooner we can help other peoples to develop their resources, raise their living standards, and strengthen their national independence, the safer the world will be for us all.
World
Robert Kennedy

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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
Intelligence
Ambrose Bierce

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Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
Nelson Mandela

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What I tell my kids is, 'I'm preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.'
Life
Michelle Obama

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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
Face
Narendra Modi

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Our military might is the guarantor of Russia's security and independence.
Security
Vladimir Putin

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In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And I would like to emphasize strongly that Russia withdrew all of its troops, we moved the prosecutors, we moved all the police, dismantled all the courts, completely, 100 percent.
Police
Vladimir Putin

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