“We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.” BloodLandLet MeEnglandIndependencePreparedShedSovereigntyBlairZimbabwe Author:Robert Mugabe
“The love of independence is a sentiment that surely none would wish to see erased from the breast of man, though the parish law of England, it must be confessed, is a system of all others the most calculated gradually to weaken this sentiment, and in the end may eradicate it completely.” MenMayEndsLawWishEnglandIndependenceBreastsSentimentsParish Book:Population: The First Essay Source: Population: The First Essay
“Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.” AmericaBlackEnglandIndependenceDemocraticFranceIndianLatinProgressiveRepublicHeritageMexicoLiberatedLatin AmericaColonyBarbaricDemocratic Republic Author:Carlos Fuentes
“If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France, and still less Holland, will dare to take up what Spain has been unable to hold.” IfsHas BeensStillsConflictEnglandIndependenceDareSecureFranceGermanyHeroicStubbornSpainAssuredPhilippinesHolland Author:Jose Rizal
“To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils and to assert the independence of my country- these were my objectives. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter - these were my means.” PeopleMeanCountryWholeGovernmentPastPoliticalEvilNamesMemoriesCommonBreakFailingSourceRepublicanConnectionsEnglandCatholicIndependenceTyrannyObjectivesSubstitutesIrelandProtestantsAbolishDenominationsIrishmenDissension Book:Freedom the Wolfe Tone way Source: Freedom the Wolfe Tone way
“I think UKIP [ UK Independence Party] and the BNP [British National Party] are very, very English concerns. If they gather strength they're going to add to this schism between Scotland and England.” IfsThinkingPartyConcernEnglandIndependenceAddBritishScotlandSchismUkip Author:Irvine Welsh
“We should remember that the Declaration of Independence is not merely a historical document. It is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not from the King of England, not from the judiciary, not from government at all, but from God. The keystone of our system of popular sovereignty is the recognition, as the Declaration acknowledges, that 'all men are created equal' and 'endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.' Religion and God are no alien to our system of government, they're integral to it.” MenShouldGovernmentRememberCertainRightsKingsEqualEnglandIndependenceHistoricalCreatorRecognitionAliensAcknowledgeDocumentsDeclarationSovereigntyDeclaration Of IndependenceExplicitJudiciaryKeystonesSystems Of GovernmentUnalienable RightsPopular Sovereignty Author:Mark Levin