Quotes about Independent

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation.

Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.

Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a federal, and not a national constitution.

I'm not a type of grandmother sitting in a rocking chair. I'm a lot in the theater. I'm a lot at concerts. I'm a lot at friends.' I like to go out for dinner. I don't have to be home one night a week if I don't want to.

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

What the masses don't realize is that they're looking for a shepherd. Those who don't think they can be influenced or call themselves 'independent thinkers' are usually the biggest conformists of all—and the easiest to turn. Why do you think cults prey on college students? Easy picking.

I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.

I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.

The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.

One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels.