Quotes about Independence

We are never left with nothing as long as we retain the freedom to choose how we will respond.

Freedom cannot last long without education, because an uneducated populace is likely to be duped by tyrants. An educated populace cannot be easily manipulated and is the foundation of a strong society.

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Ah! indeed he must not be mounted. It does not suit his ideas to be a saddle-horse. Every one has his ambition. 'Draw? Yes. Carry? No.' We must suppose that is what he said to himself.

I dont work with collectives. I don't consult, i don't co-operate, I don't collaborate.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

I then held, and now hold, the belief that a man's first duty is to pull his own weight and to take care of those dependent upon him; and I then believed, and now believe, that the greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and that no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative.