“I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders.” SometimesMy OwnPartyLeaderIndependenceCongressOpposing Author:Collin Peterson
“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.” Has BeensGovernmentPoliticalLyingRealizingLeaderWiseGrowingChildhoodVoteIncreaseElectionIndependenceTendenciesPresidentialVotersProvenPolitical LeadersPresidential Election Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.” MenHumansPoliticalEvilReligiousLeaderRightsWrittenIndependenceHuman RightsDocumentsDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceReligious LeadersBasic Human Rights Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“A society with too few independent thinkers is vulnerable to control by disturbed and opportunistic leaders. A society which wants to create and maintain a free and democratic social system must create responsible independence of thought among its young.” WantYoungSocialLeaderResponsibleIndependentIndependenceDemocraticVulnerableThinkerDisturbedSocial SystemsIndependence Of Thought Author:John Dewey
“I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments.” I CanUseMy OwnLeaderPromiseJudgmentIndependenceCriticalFacultyEducateI PromiseIndependence Of Thought Book:Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark