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" 6,000 people were killed, crippled, and wounded during the War of Independence. The economy was devastated - there was no milk, just milk powder. No eggs, but egg powder. Meat was only once a week. "

Yitzhak Navon

Week

People

Independence

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" Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government. "

" Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts. "

" Men spend their whole lives showing that they're strong and silent. They fight for independence the way women struggle to connect. "

" The freedom fighters in India's long struggle for independence from British rule, or members of the African National Congress, were once classed as terrorists. History, as they say, is written by victors, but history also has many cunning corridors - how much time must elapse before all those tricky side-passages are revealed? "

" I must recall with gratitude those 178 Jewish women and men who participated in the Estonian War of Independence. Both of our nations know what it means to keep your identity and freedom even under the pressure of foreign powers, and we can be proud of their achievements. "

" I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly. "

" There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. "

" I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. "

Jackie Robinson

Independence

Myself

" In retrospect, I have come to recognise just how astounding my mother was during our childhood. She kept a woodwork shop and made beautiful furniture, as well as raising the pair of us in a society dominated by men. There really is nothing like war to reveal the power of patriarchy, but she always retained her independence. "

" The men and women I work with in law enforcement deal with the consequences of the Democrats' selfish policies to encourage reliance on government, dependency instead of independence, and victimhood instead of the promise of earning your way to financial security. "

" I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan. "

" Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution. "

" Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate. "

Robert Zubrin

Independence

Wanted

" My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. "

" In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today. "

" 'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up. "

Dean Devlin

Independence

Day

" I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office. "

" As the leader of Southeast Asia's oldest democracy, I am always keen to share our experiences. In the half-century since independence, we have found that steady reform is the best way to secure lasting stability. It is a process that continues in Malaysia to this day. "

" The independence of the economic sphere was a tenet of faith with Liberalism. "

Francis Parker Yockey

Faith

Sphere

Independence

" I think America is strong enough to fix the problems, grace and honor to D.C. I think energy independence and control spending. We have to go to a balanced budget. Quite frankly, as far as our debt goes, I don't think you can tax your way out of it. I think people are taxed enough. "

" The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession. "

Henry Cabot Lodge

World

Independence

" In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics. "

" Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence. "

" It's great that with the Internet, there has come this sense of creative independence. "

" Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa. "

" Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman. "

" You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded. "

" As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything. "

" Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. "