I Quotes
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“Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.”
Source: Mom & Me & Mom
“Independence' is a magic word, because nowhere in the Cosmos does it actually exist.”
“Independence is a muscle, one that needs to be stretched and challenged and broken down a little in order to get good and strong.”
Source: Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
“Independence is a myth
rooted in--and perpetuated by--privilege.
There is no independence,
only interdependence.”
“Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.”
Source: Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)
“Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category.”
“Independence is a very subjective assessment.”
“Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached”
Source: The wind in the willows
“Independence is counterfeit freedom. We think if we can make all our own choices and do our own thing, we will be free. But the opposite is true. By trying to be independent, we are attempting to take God’s place as the ruler of our lives. We can never succeed at creating happiness because we are the created, not the Creator.”
Source: The Prodigal Life: Coming all the way home to God
“Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence”
Source: Happy Death
“Independence is happiness.”
“Independence is important to intelligent decision making for two reasons. First, it keeps the mistakes that people make from becoming correlated. Errors in individual judgment won’t wreck the group’s collective judgment as long as those errors aren’t systematically pointing in the same direction. One of the quickest ways to make people’s judgments systematically biased is to make them dependent on each other for information.”
“Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
Source: Rights of Man
“Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.”
“Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting on one's powers, it is necessary to follow this path of unremitting toil.”
“Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.”
“Independence is not freedom, it’s a responsibility.”
“Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.”
“independence is one of the greatest delusions of youth”
Source: The Stars Are Legion
“Independence is paramount and freedom holds a lot of new possibilities, if all the chances are given at the right time.”
“Independence is scary. So we either make others dependent on us or become dependent on others.”
“Independence is the freedom to choose that which we will depend upon.”
“Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.”
Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner.”
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it..."
John Galt”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life-that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself.”
Source: Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
“Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.”
“Independence means.. enjoying freedom and empowering others too to let them do so.”
Source: 10 Alone
“Independence means responsibility, not recklessness.”
“Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.”
“Independence must be accompanied by a social revolution”
“Independence of mind or strength of character is rarely found among those who cannot be confident that they will make their way by their own effort.... Indeed, when security is understood in too absolute a sense, the general striving for it, far from increasing the chances of freedom, becomes the greatest threat to it.”
“Independence of mind, enthusiasm, dedication to the field, and willingness to challenge and question and to explore new direction. There are plenty of people like that, but schools tend to discourage those characteristics.”
“Independence of my conception means nothing less than the realization of the "Kingdom of God" within you and on this earth.”
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
“Independence of taking their own life decisions is biggest gift that we can give to our children”
Source: VoiceMates
“Independence of the media, freedom of the press, freedom of expression and the right of access to information are vital if the media are to be able to perform their watchdog function in a democratic society governed by the rule of law.”
“Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.”
Source: 200 Open Games
“Independence that has declared its ‘independence’ from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy.”
“Independence, the first condition of liberty, can be secured in the last analysis only by the armed strength of the citizenry itself, never by mercenaries or allies or money; consequently arms are the first foundation of liberty. There is no lasting safeguard for liberty in anything but one’s own strength.”
Source: The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
“Independence used to be the ticket for liberty. But today, security and freedom, whether it's in the Arab Spring, whether it's in Iraq or whether it's right here in the United States, means working cooperatively and interdependently with others.”
“Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.”
“Independence was as far as his mind could reach. Yet I think his mind groped further, towards what he could not see, the body's obscure, inalterable dream of mutuality.”
“Independence without responsibility is barbarism.”
Source: Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty
“Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.”
“Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.”
Source: A Nation Or No Nation?: Six Years in British Politics
“Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.”