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" It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. "
James A. Baldwin
Impossible
Country
Mind
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" Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and who were generals and soldiers. "
Cokie Roberts
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" I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who are accused of doing bad things away from the game. Then each league would retain its independence in determining what penalties their players should get for infractions committed within the sport. "
Frank Deford
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Think
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" Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. "
George Henry Lewes
Rebellion
Sincerity
Independence
" Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. "
Jim Rohn
Society
Opportunity
Independence
" 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. "
Nathaniel Philbrick
Create
Revolution
War
" I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Feel
Me
" This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's perpetual motion for some people who've achieved a level of independence, like Madonna and Jay-Z - they don't need to do music anymore. But there's people who need it. And in that need, that's when it's tough and it tears you to pieces. "
Lupe Fiasco
Tears
Game
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. "
Ariel Sharon
Government
Rule Of Law
Leadership
" It's one of the things I respect about Time Warner and Turner: their understanding of CNN's independence. "
Jeff Zucker
Time
Things
Respect
" The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work. "
Malcolm Turnbull
Work
Independence
Balance
" When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. "
James A. Baldwin
You
Act
Action
" At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing. "
John Sarbanes
Do The Right Thing
Time
Money
" The only holiday of independence which I can never leave out is the celebration of the independence of the Jewish State of Israel. "
Milos Zeman
I Can
Independence
Never
" Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy. "
Elton Gallegly
Law
Achieving
People
" Here's the American situation - we have moved from a culture of independence to a culture of dependence. We have moved from capitalism into the direction of socialism. We have moved from being a beacon of strength internationally to a position of weakness. "
Carlos Beruff
Direction
Strength
American
" I want to be an honest man and a good writer. "
James A. Baldwin
Man
Honest Man
Honest
" I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics. "
Aleqa Hammond
I Am
Time
Politics
" To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I flew to Greece, the birthplace of democracy. I bused to Philly, the home of independence. I even, if you can believe it, read the Constitution of the United States. "
Kevin Bleyer
People
Research
Book
" I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence. "
Walter Annenberg
Independence
Cannot
Compromise
" Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. "
Benjamin Disraeli
Race
Independence
Political
" International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence. "
Norman Finkelstein
Law
Independence
Fighting
" As a young African, the sense of opportunity that fills my head on a daily basis is, I suspect, reminiscent of how young Africans felt at the cusp of independence. "
Ory Okolloh
Young
Independence
Daily
" Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight. "
Richard Shelby
Independence
Importance
Stressed
" People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. "
James A. Baldwin
Bread
Back
Treat
" When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process. "
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Independence
American
Celebrate
" Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours. "
James A. Baldwin
You
Will
Set
" The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. "
James A. Baldwin
Black
People
Power
" In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get older, children sleep in they own room not in Mom and Dad's room. What are we training them for? It's independence, because that's what being empowered is all about. "
Sheena Iyengar
Mom
Home
Children
" The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. "
Eddie Rickenbacker
Character
Independence
Imagination
" Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948. "
Elliott Abrams
Place
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History