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" My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised. "

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" The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. "

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

" All I can do is advocate changes at the BBC while respecting editorial independence upon which the success of the BBC rests. I can't do anything that requires the BBC to pay certain people certain amounts. "

" The idea of the Songun revolution is an idea of giving importance and precedence to military affairs in implementing the masses' cause of independence, the socialist cause, and pushing ahead with the overall revolution and construction with the revolutionary army as the core force. "

" I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my American heroes. "

" Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers. "

Jacqueline Novogratz

" I don't want to always be the tortured, soulful wife. "

" I just love getting dirty. "

" The seasoned woman is going to offer a more seasoned character. "

" 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. "

Robert Zoellick

" In 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. "

" 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. "

" We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians. "

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

Henry Cabot Lodge

" Finding that financial independence away from a broken relationship is probably one of the most powerful places a woman can get to. "

" When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed? "

" I loved Europe so much. "

" Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow. "

" Stand-up is my favorite thing I've ever done. There's so much independence. "

" Independence is a very subjective assessment. "

" In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain. "

" Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent. "

" Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom, independence and the ability to get an education. "

Katherine McNamara

" I'm trying to do the paleo diet. No carbs. "

" A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy. "

Mercy Otis Warren

" Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing. "

" The older you get, of course, the knowingness of the truth - the ownership of knowing - is louder. "

" In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature. "

" My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there, and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus, they granted British passports to those who worked with them. "

" The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence. "

" We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence. "