“Camping has become one of my most beloved pastimes. I take a fierce delight in swinging a pak o my back or into a canoe and heading for the hills or lakes. In my opinion, camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Regardless of how miserable or how splendid the circumstances, the sheer experience of camping seems a total justification for doing it.” SeemsTodayAbilityExistenceOpinionExpressionCircumstancesIndependenceDelightMiserableHillsBelovedLakesFree WillFierceJustificationSheerInnateSplendidHeadingsPastimeCampingResourcefulnessPersonal Independence Author:Anne LaBastille
“It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds.” PeoplePersonsDoneLawUsedEasyLibertyDegreesBenefitsIndependenceSlaveryPropertyOppressionProportionLegislatorsPlunderPersonal Independence Author:Frederic Bastiat
“The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my stars that I belong to it.” DesireStarsJusticeTraditionIndependenceSakePursuitFeaturesPursuit Of KnowledgeJewish TraditionPersonal Independence Book:The World As I See It Source: The World As I See It
“People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.” PeopleThinkingSeemsAchievementIndependencePersonal AchievementPersonal Independence Author:Katharine Anthony
“Liberty and personal independence in America are still a concept some here have never known.” StillsAmericaKnownLibertyConceptsIndependencePersonal Independence Author:John Longenecker