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" For America, 1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence. For Britain, 1812 became the skirmish it had contained, while winning the real war against its greatest nemesis, Napoleon. "

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" As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents. "

Gavyn Davies

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" Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind. "

" He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence. "

Carles Puigdemont

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" Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide. "

" What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank. "

" Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism. "

" Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence. "

" The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort. "

" Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions. "

" Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. "

" Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid. "

" It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air. "

" It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own. "

" Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally. "

" Every American must be guaranteed dignity and independence in their retirement. "

" They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there. "

Diana Ross

Love

Strength

" In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence. "

" My vision is that our country should be integrated in the EU, to transfer a part of our independence there. It is also our duty to do it, if we want to establish trade and a sound economy. This is the vision that I am working on and I will continue to work in the future. "

" Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence. "

" Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it. "

Ian Smith

Want

Live

" A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. "

" The Declaration of Independence pronounced the irrevocable decree of political separation, between the United States and their people on the one part, and the British king, government, and nation on the other. "

" Without U.S. independence, North America would have remained a rural, non-industrial breadbasket. Blessed as it was with natural resources, agrarian North America would have supplied cotton and beef and lumber to industrial Britain. America would thus be more like Australia - a nice enough place to live, but no kind of world power. "

" It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever. "

" New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over. "

Paloma Elsesser

Own

People

" I believe that being in a position, as a central bank, to influence economic growth does not mean losing independence. "

" The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system. "

" I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics. "

" I was brought up in great tenderness, and though my mind was proud to independence, I was never led to much independence of feeling. "

" With all its being, the Labor Party supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Labor built the state, and its leaders formulated the Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that anchors Israel as a Jewish state. "