Solitude is independence.
Herman HesseI know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Alexis de TocquevilleIndependence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
George Bernard ShawInjustice in the end produces independence.
VoltaireThe components of anxiety, stress, fear and anger, do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.
Wayne DyerThe man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent, and he is never bored and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
Virginia WoolfThe tendency to aggression is an innate independent instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
Sigmund FreudThe beauty of independence departure actions that rely on themselves.
Walt WhitmanBut we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
Alan WattsDiversity: the art of thinking independently together.
Malcolm ForbesThere is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Will RogersIf money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Henry FordNationality is the miracle of political independence, race is the principle of physical analogy.
Benjamin DisraeliMad adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
Ambrose BierceThe very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
Charles DarwinIn England, the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here, the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
Andrew JacksonColonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
Benjamin DisraeliCharity is injurious, unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
John D. RockefellerMickey Mouse is to me a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
Walt DisneyIn bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
Karl MarxThere is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
Calvin CoolidgeTraditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer, independent reality exists, the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth, would still be there if no one was looking.
Deepak ChopraThe Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
John AdamsThe United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Harry S. TrumanI am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle a competition of careers. There's jealousy.
Marilyn MansonWhen BP was not moving fast enough on claims we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.
Barack ObamaAll the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing and a mere bubble except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.
Andrew JacksonPart of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
Jim RohnMankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
George OrwellI was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one every moment.
Henry David ThoreauEven though I love solar and love wind like most people do I like the renewable sources they alone are not going to get America energy independent.
Mitt RomneyOn the ordinary view of each species having been independently created we gain no scientific explanation.
Charles Darwin[In most boardrooms ] collegiality trumped independence... would be like belching at the dinner table.
Warren BuffettFirst by 2020 North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables.
Mitt Romney