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 WhitmanThere is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
Will RogersTrue individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin D. RooseveltNationality 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 BierceIt is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
James Arthur BaldwinThe 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 DisneyThere is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
Calvin CoolidgeThe 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. TrumanWhen 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 JacksonNo employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.
Orison Swett MardenIn all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments the governments alone independent of the interests of the people to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.
Leo TolstoyPart 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 ThoreauThe mother-child relationship is paradoxical and in a sense tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and to become fully independent.
Erich FrommEven 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 DarwinAnyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration, simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage and he expects your absolute loyalty.
Hubert H. Humphrey[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