62 Inspirational Quotes on Independence (FREEDOM)

Top 17 Most Famous Quotes on Independence (BEST)

“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.”
Stephen Covey

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus — The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. – **Albert Camus**

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. - Martin Luther King, Jr. — **Freedom** is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. – **Martin Luther King, Jr.**

And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. - Thomas Jefferson — And to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual **debt**. – **Thomas Jefferson**

If 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 Ford — If **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 Ford**

What then is freedom The power to live as one wishes. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. – **Marcus Tullius Cicero**

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. - George Orwell — If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. – **George Orwell**

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. - George Henry Lewes — Originality is **independence**, not rebellion; it is **sincerity**, not antagonism. – **George Henry Lewes**

“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. - Denis Waitley — The greatest **gifts** you can give your **children** are the roots of **responsibility** and the wings of independence. – **Denis Waitley**

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. - Charlotte Brontë — I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. – **Charlotte Brontë**

“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”
Mark Twain

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. - George Washington — Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid **growth**. – **George Washington**

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - Abraham Lincoln — Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

Independence is happiness. - Susan B. Anthony — Independence is **happiness**. – Susan B. Anthony

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. - Moshe Dayan — Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. – Moshe Dayan

“There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige.”
Abraham Maslow

23 Most Inspiring Quotes on Independence & Freedom

“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.”
Caroline Kennedy

For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom. - Albert Einstein — For everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom. – **Albert Einstein**

“To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.”
Jim Rohn

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. - Herbert Hoover — Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human **dignity**. – **Herbert Hoover**

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
Ronald Reagan

Those who won our independence… valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. - Louis D. Brandeis — Those who won our independence… valued liberty as an end and as a means. They **believed** liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. – Louis D. Brandeis

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. - Kahlil Gibran — **Life** without liberty is like a body without spirit. – **Kahlil Gibran**

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. - Malcolm Forbes — Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. – **Malcolm Forbes**

“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.”
Thomas Jefferson

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. - Woodrow Wilson — Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. – **Woodrow Wilson**

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. - Brigham Young — True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right. – Brigham Young

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. - William Cobbett — It is not the greatness of a man’s means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. – William Cobbett

“We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.”
Montesquieu

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. - George Washington — If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – **George Washington**

“At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.”
Adeline Yen Mah

Resisting conformity and developing some small eccentricities are among the steps to independence and self-confidence. - Al MacInnis — Resisting conformity and developing some small eccentricities are among the steps to independence and self-confidence. – Al MacInnis

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. - Booker T. Washington — At the bottom of **education**, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence. – Booker T. Washington

“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.”
Albert Einstein

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. - David Ben-Gurion — Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. – David Ben-Gurion

Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven’s next best gift, To that of life and an immortal soul! - James Thomson — Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven’s next best **gift**, To that of life and an immortal soul! – James Thomson

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. - Charlotte Bronte — I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. – Charlotte Bronte

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis — This nation (United States) will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the **brave**. – Elmer Davis

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.”
Dr. Seuss

Top 22 Quotes on Independence to Ponder & Reflect

“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.”
Maya Angelou

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela — For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that **respects** and enhances the freedom of others. – **Nelson Mandela**

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. - Dan Rather — A free and truly independent press – fiercely independent when necessary – is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. – Dan Rather

“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”
Calvin Coolidge

Freedom lies in being bold. - Robert Frost — Freedom lies in being bold. – **Robert Frost**

Liberties aren't given, they are taken. - Aldous Huxley — Liberties aren’t given, they are taken. – Aldous Huxley

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used. - Hunter S. Thompson — Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used. – Hunter S. Thompson

Independence is useful, but caring attitudes and behaviors shrivel up in a culture where each person is responsible only for himself. - Alfie Kohn — Independence is useful, but caring **attitudes** and behaviors shrivel up in a **culture** where each person is **responsible** only for himself. – Alfie Kohn

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence. - William J. H. Boetcker — You cannot build **character** and **courage** by destroying men’s initiative and independence. – William J. H. Boetcker

“The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of the press is the capital and so to speak the constitutive element of freedom.”
Alexis de Tocqueville