Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Independence is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Independence is a state of mind. Independence is about setting your own goals, making your own choices, taking control of your own destiny.
Every human has four endowments - self-awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
Independence means you decide according to the laws of reason and justice and not according to the dictates of public opinion.
Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink, you want more.
