Independence Quotes

"I am not a person to be pressured by anyone or any nation" "Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves" "It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love. Love shouldn't be like that" "All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea" "The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self." "Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none" "There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point" "I am not a bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will" "I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do" "I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny." "I like to be a free spirit Some don't like that but that's the way I am" "Liberty, once lost, is lost forever" "I can't control you" "Liberty is the breath of life to nations." "The world can't tell you who you are. You've just got to figure out who you are and be there, for better or worse."