“I don't want people to see what I've been doing at Play Cloths for nine years and built from a streetwear independence standpoint through Japanese streetwear - I don't want that to be shifted into something else.” PeopleWantYearsPlayBuiltIndependenceNineStandpointNine Years Author:Pusha T
“I will not offer my thoughts on what Japan could and should have done, this is none of my business, it is the business of the Japanese leadership. But we should understand how practicable all our agreements are as a whole given the allied obligations Japan has assumed, how much independence there is in making those decision, and what we can hope for, what we can ultimately arrive at.” ShouldDoneWholeGivenDecisionOffersShould HaveIndependenceObligationJapanAgreementMy Thoughts Author:Vladimir Putin
“On the issue past of independence of Germany, after the time of National Socialism, Germany has been given an enormous amount of help particularly and also from the United States of America. A fact that we were able to enjoy German unification is due first and foremost to the help of the United States of America.” FirstsHas BeensStatesFactsHelpingAbleAmericaPastGivenEnjoyUnitedUnited StatesIssuesAmountIndependenceDuesEnormousSocialismGermanyUnited States Of AmericaUnification Author:Angela Merkel
“I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.” WantLawDemocracyCitizensCommitmentVoteIndependenceJewIsraelDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceRight To Vote Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“The Arab spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence and everybody else wants it. How about us, when do we get it, when do we make our move? And you have a situation where someone has been in power for decades, where the integrity of elections, democracy and security have really not been debated or discussed and most people suspect that elections are rigged and that the democratic rotation that elections are supposed to ensure doesn't really happen. And when this goes on for a while you are sitting on a powder keg.” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryHappensMovingBitsProcessSituationDemocracySecurityGoes OnIntegritySpringSittingElectionIndependenceDemocraticDecadesSuspectsPowderRiggedRotationArab SpringKegs Author:Kofi Annan
“In the sciences particularly the large public universities must and do take an active role in fostering creativity and independence; otherwise the fields will wither, and along with them even the aspirations of wealth and power.” WealthRolesCreativityFieldsIndependenceUniversityActiveAspirationFostering Author:Noam Chomsky
“In my experience at least, the large public universities do not fall behind in fostering creativity and independence; often the contrary.” FallBehindsCreativityIndependenceUniversityContraryFostering Author:Noam Chomsky
“The focus on creativity and independence exists in pockets of resistance in the educational system, which, to thrive, should be integrated with the needs and concerns of the great majority of the population. One finds them everywhere.” NeedsShouldCreativityFocusConcernIndependenceMajorityPopulationEducationalResistanceThrivePocketsIntegratedEducational System Author:Noam Chomsky
“Donald Trump needs to stay focused and remember the promises to you, the American people. You know the promises, repeal and replace Obamacare, identify radical Islam, lower taxes, repatriate corporate profits, build the border wall, appoint originalists to the Supreme Court, fix inner cities, energy independence, drain the swamp, send education back to the states, you know, say radical Islam, vet refugees, all of these important issues, free trade.” PeopleKnowsNeedsImportantStatesRememberEnergyCitiesIssuesWallTrumpPromiseTaxesIndependenceTradeCourtIslamProfitFocusedSupremeRadicalCorporateBordersSupreme CourtRefugeeObamacareDrainsStay FocusedFree TradeSwampsImportant IssuesInner CityVetsRadical IslamEnergy Independence Author:Sean Hannity
“Real freedom for people can only exist whenever there is security and independence.” PeopleRealSecurityIndependenceReal Freedom Author:Alexis Tsipras
“There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.” PeopleYearsStillsWarAmericaAmountIndependenceForgottenUnbelievableAnimosity Author:Steven Knight
“In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.” YearsIndividualPresidentMissingOfficeArmyIndependenceFinalsSentencesListsNativeActivistPrisonerPresident ObamaNative AmericanOscarsMarineRetiredMarine CorpsChelseaWhistleblowersPez Author:Amy Goodman
“[Tibet] never sought any territory. All it wanted is the conquest of the soul, that people should attain a kind of inner sovereignty, inner independence, inner freedom. And inner strength to attain the absolute.” PeopleShouldKindSoulWantedAbsolutesIndependenceInner StrengthTerritorySovereigntyConquestTibet Author:Elie Wiesel
“We offer a better way for dealing with persistent poverty in this country. A way that shows poor Americans the world beyond liberal ware housing and check-writing into the life everyone can find with opportunity and independence. The happiness of using your gifts and the dignity of having a job. And you know what? None of this will happen under Hillary Clinton. Only with Donald Trump and Mike Pence do we have a chance at a better way.” KnowsWorldWayWritingCountryShowsHappensJobsOpportunityChancePoorPovertyTrumpOffersDignityIndependenceClintonChecksPersistentHousingMikeBetter Ways Author:Paul Ryan
“Everyone, everyone is equal. Everyone has a place. No one is written off because there is worth and goodness in every life. Straight from the declaration of independence, that is the Republican ideal. And if we won't defend it, who will?” IfsWrittenRepublicanEqualGoodnessIdealsIndependenceDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceEveryone Is Equal Author:Paul Ryan
“I often think people on opposite sides of the political spectrum may have similar values around care, around thriving or around independence, or around helping the disadvantaged, but they have different ideologies, different ideas and philosophies about how to go about that. It's important that we start to see each others humanness, while at the same time not losing sight of those differences, views and speeches and actions that do cause harm, that we're clearly taking a stand against.” PeopleThinkingMayImportantIdeasDifferentPhilosophyHelpingCareActionPoliticalValuesCausesSidesDifferencesViewsSpeechLosingOppositesSightIndependenceHarmIdeologySpectrumHumannessDifferent IdeasDisadvantagedPolitical Spectrum Author:Mark Coleman
“I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of life who, in the last half of the 18th century and early 19th century, articulated the rights of colonists, secured independence from Great Britain, and established new constitutional republics at both the national and state levels. This definition includes a cast of thousands who played their patriotic part at the local, state, and/or national levels. Among them were citizen soldiers, elected representatives, polemicists, and patriot preachers.” TwoStatesLastsFatherTermWalksLevelsHalfRightsGenerationsCenturyCitizensIndependenceSoldierCastsDefinitionsLocalsBritainPatrioticRepublicPreacherRepresentativesFoundersPatriotFounding19th CenturyGreat BritainSecuredWalks Of Life18th CenturyColonists Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“If [Ho Chi Minh] had had carte blanche over his movement, would the results of the war have been different? That is difficult to say. In some cases - as in 1945 and 1946, he appeared to overestimate the possibility that the United States might decide to recognize his government and the independence of the DRV (although to be fair, from the outset he had warned that Washington might eventually decide to align with the French because of the Cold War).” IfsHas BeensDifferentWarStatesGovernmentMightDifficultUnitedResultsCasesUnited StatesMovementPossibilityColdFairsIndependenceCold WarOverestimateBlanche Author:William J. Duiker
“In the spring of 1946 [Ho Chi Minh ] signed a provisional agreement with the French representative on a compromise solution to the dispute over Vietnamese independence. Once again, he might have been naive in hoping that a compromise was really possible.” Has BeensMightSpringSolutionsIndependenceCompromiseAgreementRepresentativesNaiveMight Have BeenDisputesVietnamese Author:William J. Duiker
“I think [John] Adams was correct when he said that his May resolutions were "an Epocha, a decisive Event," and tantamount to a declaration of independence.” ThinkingMaySaidEventsIndependenceResolutionDeclarationDeclaration Of Independence Author:Gordon S. Wood
“[John Adams] always felt that his contribution to bringing about independence went unappreciated, especially after the 1790s when [Tomas] Jefferson began to be lauded as the "author" of the Declaration of Independence.” FeltIndependenceContributionDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceTomas Jefferson Author:Gordon S. Wood
“The Declaration [of Independence] was a committee report, and [Tomas] Jefferson was simply the draftsman. [John] Adams's crucial role in bringing about independence in the Continental Congress has tended to get forgotten.” RolesIndependenceForgottenCongressReportsCrucialCommitteesDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceContinentalTomas JeffersonDraftsman Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” InspirationalNationsGrowthPresidentFreedomLibertyEnemyGrowingPoliticianIndependenceIndividualityObediencePresidentialBeing YourselfConformityConventionsConform4th Of JulyFreedom Of ChoiceNonconformityComplianceBusiness GrowthPresidents DayGreat PresidentsPrice Of FreedomChange And GrowthJailerIntellectual FreedomNigeria IndependenceThinking Of YourselfConformity And IndividualityInspirational PresidentialProfiles In CourageChange GrowthInspiring PresidentialThinking About YourselfGrowing Business Author:John F. Kennedy
“California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences of the other 49 states and Washington DC is not relevant. That was the position of the United States government on Yugoslavia and other places around the world but not on Ukraine. However, morality and the law as I understand it are that any people should have the right to leave, just as explained in the initial words of the US Declaration of Independence.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesGovernmentEarthLawUnitedUnited StatesPositionMoralityShould HaveIndependenceLikesAround The WorldCaliforniaRelevantDeclarationPreferenceInitialsUkraineDeclaration Of IndependenceState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentWashington DcYugoslavia Author:David Swanson
“In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic.” PeopleCasesIndependenceSeekingJapanRepublicVenture Author:Joseph Stalin
“I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to satisfy the plurality of interests. I will say, we neglected the importance of real value, human value and the quality of potential in human beings and we contrived phrases like geographical spread, regional quota, etc and allowed mediocrity to reign. I think that is the problem that we are dealing with till today.” PeopleThinkingHumansRealProblemTodayWantedValuesInterestHuman BeingsQualityConsciousImportanceIndependenceSpreadPhrasesEtcDivisionMediocrityReignNeglectedHuman ValuesReal ValueQuota Author:Wole Soyinka
“The left think they've got a monopoly on this silly idea that we are a nation of immigrants, America's greatness is traceable to its immigrants. I'm sorry. I don't buy that as a stand-alone idea anyway because really what they're trying to say with that is that America's greatness is due to America's diversity, and that has not a thing to do with it. American Greatness is because of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and our country.” ThinkingTryingIdeasCountryAmericaLeftNationsGreatnessDiversityConstitutionIndependenceSorryDuesSillyOur CountryThings To DoImmigrantsI'm SorryDeclarationMonopolyDeclaration Of IndependenceStand AloneAmerican Greatness Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The potential of Mexico, Canada and the United States is enormous. We have a combined population of half a billion people; peaceful trade-friendly borders that are the envy of the world; the prospect of energy independence is within reach and will change the geopolitical situation of United States; we do a trillion dollars in trade among the three countries; more than 18,000 American companies are involved in foreign direct investment in Mexico and Canada; an increasing number of Mexican companies are creating jobs in the United States.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesJobsThreeEnergyUnitedNumbersHalfCompanySituationUnited StatesInvolvedCreatingDirectIndependenceTradeDollarsInvestmentPopulationEnvyBillionsEnormousPeacefulBordersCanadaFriendlyMexicoMexicanWithin ReachGeopoliticalCreating JobsEnergy IndependenceCanada And The United States Author:Alan Bersin
“There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history. It was internal conquest. You had to defend yourself against what the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, an enlightened figure, called the attacks of the "merciless Indian savages," whose known way of warfare was torture and destruction. Also you had a slave population, you had to protect yourself against them. You needed guns.” WayLooksCultureKnownFiguresNeededProtectGunDestructionIndependenceSlavePopulationIndianTortureInternalsEnlightenedRootedWarfareSavagesDeclarationConquestAmerican CultureDeclaration Of IndependenceProtect Yourself Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Declaration of Independence was only partially applied for women and for certain immigrants such as the Chinese. And it wasn't applied to get rid of corporate welfare and cronyism. People who had special connections got special deals from the beginning. So all of those violations of what the Declaration of Independence expressed, have led to the problems we have today. So, the sins of the fathers are visited upon the sons for seven generations, or much longer. Forever.” PeopleProblemTodayCertainFatherSinDealsForeverGenerationsSpecialSonConnectionsIndependenceSevenChineseCorporateWelfareImmigrantsDeclarationViolationDeclaration Of IndependenceCronyism Author:Charles Koch
“Even the Declaration of Independence starts out all men are created equal, so I see my advocacy as part of an effort to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.” IfsMenWantedEffortPrinciplesEqualShameIndependenceSlaveryFoundersDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceAdvocacy Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“The colonial regime makes sure, often with the help of surrogates, that radical leaders and those honest principled intellectuals and activists who refuse to compromise their principles of independence are eliminated, so that the postcolonial regime (and especially its resources) remains accessible. The result has been a disaster for the (post)colonial world.” WorldHas BeensHelpingResultsLeaderPrinciplesHonestResourcesIndependenceRemainsRefuseDisasterCompromiseRadicalPostsActivistRegimesPrincipledSurrogates Author:Nigel Gibson
“The Keystone pipeline would add to our domestic supply. It would help us with energy independence.” HelpingEnergyIndependenceAddPipelineKeystonesEnergy IndependenceKeystone Pipeline Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Lincoln is quoted more often than he's understood, and he understood that the founding principle of our nation is, in fact, the Declaration of Independence.” FactsNationsPrinciplesUnderstoodIndependenceDeclarationFoundingDeclaration Of Independence Author:Daniel Fried
“If there's very strong civic unrest you can see a strong party of the Right emerging, whether it's UKIP [The UK Independence Party] or an even further-right party.” IfsStrongPartyIndependenceVery StrongEmergingCivicsUnrestUkip Author:Irvine Welsh
“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
“What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions - strong and healthy, we cannot say that our democratic processes (is complete).” ThreeStrongProcessHealthyIndependenceInstitutionsDemocraticLackingJudiciaryBurmaDemocratic Process Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“India and Burma have been close friends since the days we were struggling for independence. And I'm a great admirer of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and all those leaders of India's independence movement. I would like to believe the aspirations and hopes we shared in the past will continue to bind us in the future.” BelieveHas BeensPastLeaderStruggleMovementIndiaIndependenceAspirationClose FriendsAdmirerBurmaNehru Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course that Kennedy and Johnson knew that if any political solution was permitted in the south, the National Liberation Front would effectively come to power, so strong was its political support in comparison with the political support of the so-called South Vietnamese government.” IfsTryingReasonGovernmentPoliticalCoursesStrongSupportFrontsSolutionsIndependenceSouthLiberationComparisonVietnamDedicatedJohnsonVietnamese Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent a political settlement inside South Vietnam. And in fact it went to war precisely to prevent that. It finally bombed the North in 1965 with the purpose of trying to get the North to use its influence to call off the insurgency in the South.” TryingWarStatesFactsUsePoliticalPurposeUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceIndependenceSouthVietnamSettlementInsurgency Author:Noam Chomsky
“Iran is independent and independence is not tolerated.” IndependentIndependenceIran Author:Noam Chomsky
“Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States. And it's initiating moves toward Latin American integration and independence. It's what they call a Bolivarian alternative and the United States doesn't like any of that.” StatesMovingUnitedUnited StatesIndependentIndependenceAlternativesDependentLatinJust BeingIntegrationLatin AmericaVenezuelaLatin American Author:Noam Chomsky
“Unless this [Barack Obama] American administration is willing to diverge from the conventional American policy in the Middle East by changing its basic attitudes on crucial questions, foremost of them Palestine, and support genuinely the rights of people for independence, sovereignty and identity across the board, the only "resolve" one would hope from the USA is to stay out of the Middle East for a while.” PeopleAttitudeSupportRightsMiddlePolicyIdentityWillingIndependenceEastAdministrationBarackBoardsUsaResolveCrucialMiddle EastConventionalSovereigntyPalestine Author:Ilan Pappe
“Today, natural gas now outstrips coal as the leading provider of electricity in America. If this is as big as people believe it is, natural gas will soon be powering trucks and marine ships. Maybe even standard commercial cars that people use at home through compressed natural gas, other gas to liquids. The potential is there for more energy independence by America and a reliance on cleaner fuel - natural gas emits half as much as coal, in terms of carbon emissions. That's a real bounty.” PeopleIfsBelieveRealUseHomeBigsTodayAmericaEnergyTermNaturalHalfCarStandardsIndependenceShipsFuelGasElectricityCarbonCoalTruckMarineRelianceLiquidEmissionsCleanersProvidersBountyNatural GasCarbon EmissionsEnergy Independence Author:Thomas Friedman
“We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.” NeedsPoliticalJusticeWeakIndependenceKneesDepartmentSteelSpinePolitical Independence Author:Dianne Feinstein
“Bankers themselves govern the Fed to some extent, and then there's the classic revolving door where Fed officials come from and then go back to the financial sector. Fed officials tend to believe that the institution should have a large measure of independence from democratic control, even though in law it is under the ostensible control of Congress.” ShouldBelieveLawDoorsShould HaveIndependenceInstitutionsDemocraticFinancialCongressClassicOfficialsFedsBankersIn-lawsRevolvingRevolving Doors Author:Gerald Epstein
“The American people have on many occasions been willing to shed their own blood for a noble cause, like when hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the fight against fascism in Europe, and other causes. There are many good people there, and the Cuban people know the American people, we have many examples of solidarity from the American people in every stage of the Cuban people's fight for independence.” PeopleKnowsFightingCausesBloodStageExampleWillingEuropeIndependenceNobleOccasionsGood PeopleFascismShedSolidarityCubanNoble Causes Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The role that Cuba played and the lives of those 2,077 Cubans, whose mothers and families mourn for having lost their children in Africa, helped achieve the true security and independence of Angola. It was a contribution because in the end the Angolan people were the ones who decided that. We also contributed in a definitive way securing the independence of Namibia after years that a United Nations resolution was being ignored by South Africa and the western powers.” PeopleWayYearsChildrenEndsMotherLostNationsUnitedRolesAchieveSecurityDecidedIndependenceSouthWesternContributionResolutionSouth AfricaIgnoredUnited NationsCubaMournCubanBeing IgnoredAngolaNamibia Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“At present, the United States, with over 700 foreign military bases, navies in every ocean, a programme to militarise space, and drone bases planned for all regions of the world, is increasingly perceived in relation to its hard power diplomacy, a threat to political independence and stability for many countries.” WorldCountryHardStatesPoliticalSpaceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryOceanBasesRelationIndependenceThreatRegionsStabilityDiplomacyNavyProgrammesDronesMilitary BasesPolitical Independence Author:Richard A. Falk
“Just the way in Europe, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm, and Frankfurt, possibly and Berlin, certainly, all had important roles, because of independence. Because they were depending on themselves.” WayImportantRolesEuropeIndependenceParisBerlinStockholmCopenhagenFrankfurt Author:Jane Jacobs