“The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.” PoliticalGamesPartyLeaderIndependentElectionReformPresidentialRipeEmergencePolitical LeadersPresidential Election Author:Ron Fournier
“We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for!” RunningPoliticalTurnsLeaderCasesBuildingProgramTasksIndependentTurn-onDimesAmnesia Author:Richard Trumka
“Today it is difficult to find leaders who are independent of the forces that have brought us our problems: The Congress, the bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business, and big labor.” ProblemWisdomBigsTodayPoliticsForceDifficultLeaderEconomyLaborIndependentCongressLiberalismBureaucracyBig BusinessLobbyists Author:Ronald Reagan
“As Americans we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free thinking and engaged audience.” ThinkingGivingValuesVoiceLeaderRolesAudienceInformationIndependentInstitutionsPressesCirclesJournalistEngagedConsumedFree ThinkingVoiceless Author:Lester Holt
“No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.” UseMotivationalWould BeLanguageDifficultJusticeLeaderFindingsIndiaIndependentGrainForeign Language Author:Vallabhbhai Patel
“Independent India's leaders will neither use a foreign language nor rule from a remote place.” UseLanguageLeaderIndiaIndependentForeign LanguageRemote Places Author:Vallabhbhai Patel
“Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.” PeoplePoliticalLeaderPathIndependentWestRussiaPolitical Leaders Author:Alexei Navalny
“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