Quotes about Independence

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news--that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

Equality in America has never meant literal equality of condition or capacity. There will always be inequalities in character and ability in any society. Equality has meant rather that in the words of the Declaration of Independence, All men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. It is meant that in a democratic society there should be no inequalities in opportunities or in freedoms.

Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It's quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don't expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.

Education can no longer be the sole property of the state.

I still say the only education worth anything is self-education.

Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.